So, you guys have heard my heart on the before.
Now, I wanna take some time and go into the after.
Marriage, if you will.
I know what your thinking.
“He’s not married. He’s not even in a relationship?
What could he know?”
And to that I say this:
I don’t care. I’ll speak on it anyways.
God can give wisdom without having experience.
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The Lord has been revealing some mind blowing preparations for me.
Little have I thought about what happens after marriage, only what I should do to get married.
But how can you be prepared for something if you do not think about it?
I am determined to be the best husband and father I can be to my wife and my kids.
I sit here and wonder why so many people are getting divorces or found cheating.
You’ve heard the stats, I won’t bother with them.
God is above statistics.
Anyhow, I wonder what we are missing.
What happened to the glue that is supposed to hold these families together?
What was the glue to begin with?
The glue has been and always will be God.
Yes, yes, you know this already.
But do you really?
Do you truly understand what that means.
That means that you must Love God over your family.
Over your wife.
Over your kids.
Yes, yes, of course you do.
But, really. Do you?
It must be unbelievably difficult.
Just thinking about my wife right now, I find myself falling in love with her.
And I havn’t even met her yet.
What happens when I have her?
When I can see her?
Touch her?
Talk to her?
How easy it would be to put her over God.
And what about children?
I love kids more than anything.
What happens when I have a little girl or boy and get to hold them in my arms?
Or get to lay in bed with them at night?
How could I not admire them and love them over Christ?
It would be so easy.
The answer to this riddle is strange.
Because if you love your wife or you love your kids over God then that love is lacking.
Where is the source of love?
Where does all love come from?
The answer is God.
God is love.
The only true love we have to give comes from Him.
So, it’s strange, but to truly love someone you must first love God.
If you focus all your love on a person and raise them above God,
then eventually that love will run out.
People don’t produce love.
God produces love.
Or is Love, rather.
To truly love your wife you have to hold Christ in a higher place in your heart than her.
To show your children the utmost passion you must submit then under God.
Your relationship with Christ should come first because through Him
you learn how to best love those you care about.
Think of this.
Would Christ ever leave me completely for another person?
Of course not!
He will never leave or forsake me.
He loves me too much.
How then can I ever cheat on my wife when she is mine?
Or this.
How many times has Christ forgiven me for a thousand offences I have brought to Him?
Literally, an uncountable number.
But He continues to forgive.
No matter what.
How then can I ever withhold Grace from my wife when she upsets me?
No, I will choose to forgive her and give Grace to her every time because it is given to me constantly.
The thing is this.
The closer your relationship with Christ is,
The better your understanding of what true Love is,
The better your relationships will be because you will desire to share love as you have received.
As you Love Christ, the characteristics of the Father will begin to become more attractive.
As you see how much you have been given, you will begin to desire to give the same.
I can promise you this.
You can not love truly and purely on your own.
You will fail eventually.
How can you not?
Where does your love come from?
Yourself?
I don’t know about you,
But I am not a great candidate for love.
Not in it of myself.
We must go to the source of Perfect Love.
Only then can we love others with a pure heart.
Because the Love comes from Christ.
Through us.
That is a huge relief.
Praise God.
So much easier now to forgive.
So much easier now to commit.
So much easier now that I have the perfect example showing me how.
God loves you so much.
And because He loves, so also can you love.
Amen.
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