I took a trip last week to Colorado and I must say that I didn’t know Colorado had that much of nothing out there…almost as bad as driving from San Antonio to El Paso in Texas. Nonetheless, as I was driving back to my hotel in Colorado Springs, I had to pull over on the side of the road to stop and look at a breath-taking view of the sun going down just behind a small range of mountains. It was so nice I actually pulled over three times. Don’t worry, the road was so desolate, I could have stopped the car in the middle of the highway and still have no concerns with any traffic. Anyway, after I stopped the third time, I questioned myself as to why I continued to stop just to look at this scene…and that is when the words came out of my mouth…”There’s Nothing Perfect About It”. When I said these words, it completely threw me off because I knew at that point God was telling me something. There I was amazed at this sunset in the middle of nowhere that God had put together with different colors in the sky, all types of clouds streaming in all directions, trail traces of aircraft flying in the sky, and an uneven, jagged edged mountain range sitting off in the distance. Even though I said to myself “there’s nothing perfect about it”, it was beautiful…a beautiful creation by God.
Then He laid it on me. This is the same type of situation we have with a marriage. Like the errant clouds, the husband may think one way and the wife another way. Like the mountain range, everything won’t always be smooth within the marriage…it will have it’s ups and downs…mistakes will be made...your spouse may do something that to don't agree with. Throughout all of this, which clearly shows that marriage may not be perfect, it is still a beautiful creation by God and to God.
We as couples need to realize the beauty of our marriages despite the imperfections that may be included. It is these imperfections that God uses to create a masterpiece of work we call marriage. Just think about it, if you were to paint a picture with every line, shape, and color perfect, I honestly think the picture would be dull and uninteresting. Me being an artist, I know how little mistakes or mess-ups in pieces of art add character and make the artwork even more alluring to look at. That’s the beauty of marriage; while it may not be perfect, it is still beautiful.
As you go about your daily/weekly routine, take some quality time to look at your marriage. Look at all the different aspects of your marriage and your spouse. Look at the ups and downs that you have encountered over the years, and look at how you made it through those rough times. If you are going through tough times right now, have faith that you will make it out of this rough period in due time. All of these instances are the different parts of your marriage that have and will come to produce a beautiful masterpiece.
As always, please feel free to add any comments/insights that you may have.
Be blessed and talk to you later.
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Submission means sacrifice and to serve, it is not something that is only relative for the wife....(like so many men think) Submission has to take part in both the husband and wife. First there has to be submission to God as head of your lives. Then the submission to each other can take place. Submission to me means to sacrifice and to serve.......
Now that doesn't mean that the husand is not the head...he most definitely is and should be honored and respected as such. And that doesn't also mean that he has to be a brut while in his "headship." If you love your spouse you WANT to submit to their needs and their wants. I think the world as well as some christians have the wrong idea about the word "submit" or "submission", the word says wives submit yourselves to your husbands, and husbands love you wife as Christ loves the church. Wow!! If our husbands are loving us like Christ loves us then we should not mind submitting(serving/sacrificing) right? But even if the husband's aren't loving us that way right now..God doesn't release us from doing what we are supposed to do as far as the commandment that He gave us.
Wives..we are the prayer warriors of our home and our families...PRAY... for your husband to be in the will of God...it will make your life so much better. We can change the atmosphere with our very presence... Instead of complaining to him about what he is not doing lift him up where he is weak, and then make your confessions to God about what you need help with concerning your husband. Speak life into your situation...remember it is as you say because the power of life or death is in the tongue...We have to endure the race to the end. Step out of your right now and see the finish line. God Bless!!
Ecclesiastes 9:11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong,nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
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