I just love the mystery of marriage. The fact that God gave me this strange creature to be my husband is amazing. When I say strange I do not mean this in a derogatory way at all. By strange here I mean completely different and opposite from me. I love this though. Though I want to rip my hair out at times, the discovery is fun. Discovering different dimensions of this man. Learning new pieces of his heart even the parts I am sure I will never understand. It is a fun discovery process.
Marriage also is filled with different seasons. We go through madly in love with one another to dry times. That is really interesting to me because that can happen with our relationship with God as well. It is the strange mystery of how God compares His relationship with His bride to the marriage of a man and wife (Ephesians 5).
Seasons bring challenges and ups and downs. Remember whatever season you are in with your husband it all will be well. The Bible speaks about there being a time for everything. This is true in marriage as well. Ecclesiastes 3 states it this way:
1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
I think though these times are referring to life in general that they can also apply to our marriages and seasons of marriage. All good marriages go through their seasons. All good marriages go through times of good heat and bad heat. The key in all seasons is to remain faithful as you keep your eyes on Jesus.
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Awesome photo of you and your family! Where are you?
I like this thought: That is really interesting to me because that can happen with our relationship with God as well. It is the strange mystery of how God compares His relationship with His bride to the marriage of a man and wife (Ephesians 5).Our dry times with God can be mirrored with our spouse... and that's just how it is. :~D
Bless you!
So true Ang, and you summed it up perfectly when you said, "The key in all seasons is to remain faithful as you keep your eyes on Jesus." Amen and amen!!!
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