Marriage– is a good example of LOOSING one’s life- so that one might find a NEW life.
You GIVE YOURSELF to your SPOUSE in marriage and out of that giving you gain an entirely NEW LIFE– and a NEW WAY of LIVING.
But, my friends, NO ONE can SURVIVE in a marriage, that is run according to the way that the WORLD- thinks -it should be run. No one can survive in a marriage that is based on a 50/50 sharing of things,–Or a measured sharing of FEELINGS. .THOUGHTS, and ACTIONS.
Marriage, if it is to work out, is a 100% PROPOSITION. Sometimes even 110 %…. Everything you have and everything you are– you offer to your SPOUSE. As soon as you HOLD BACK,–As soon as you start to COUNT WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN– Or what HE or SHE has GIVEN– The marriage BEGINS TO FAIL.
As soon as you begin to question what your HUSBAND SAYS– As soon as you begin to REFUSE TO HELP your wife with TASKS because she has not done something for you today,—The marriage BEGINS TO GET SHAKY.
Marriage is NOT based on EQUAL SHARING, It is NOT based on TIT for TAT, It is based on GIVING everything you have to your PARTNER and trusting them to accept you and your LOVE YOU IN RETURN.
DON”T FORGET HOW GOD MADE MEN AND WOMEN DIFFERENT.
There is a GREAT BOOK you should ALL READ. Men are like Waffles Women are like Spaghetti by Bill and Pam Farrel on understanding and delighting in your differences. A man has SIX ITEMS in his bathroom. The average women has 337. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.
Throughout ALL of SCRIPTURES our RELATIONSHIP with God is described as a MARRIAGE. We are to OFFER OURSELVES up to God in TRUST… Much as we offer up all of ourselves in our marriages. May God bless you both in your UNION together.