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Category: Romance and Relationships
QUESTION I think this applies to both the divorcees and those who haven't been married before. We hope to get married some day and of course we hope it's for a lifetime. The fact that some of us find ourselves where we're at right now for different reasons, has proved that, marriage "for a lifetime" has not been. But this doesn't mean that we can't achieve that goal this time, with the help of God. Would you please share on how you intend to prepare yourself against divorce and implement your plans. ~NM
ANSWER This is such a good question NM. It goes without saying that individual pursuit of Christ is first propriety to walking and growing at the same pace together. This is imperative for a solid quality marriage.
But laying aside the spiritual.....as I look back in my own life and marriage (retrospect) I recognized we made the same mistake many make. It took 26 years before it came crashing down, but it did. Our problem was not with each other rather was a culmination of circumstances through the years that finally took it’s toll. As a young couple we quickly adapted to the pressure for success. Our life became focused on "success in ministry" and although there has been good fruit I do not consider my life successful in ministry.... certainly not according to man's standards. (So glad I learned that God's definition of success is different.) There is it seems an over bearing pressure in the church world to be something by comparison. Young couples spend their best years trying to "be" something in this life and often miss the best gift God gave them to share this life, their spouse…..(that is if the spouse was God’s choice.)
Again, laying aside spiritual talk now.......when my marriage came crashing down it seemed I needed to find myself again as a woman, a lady. This seems to be a normal reaction when a husband commits adultery. Honestly, and for real I strongly desired to swing into sin myself at that time......but I simply could not do that to my Savior. He Kept me while my head was spinning with confusion, my heart gushing with pain and I frantically searching for escape from it all.
My choice; I decided to reopen my self to understanding who and what I am as a woman, and to gain understanding of men. I am determined to carry no hostility toward men, to not remain ignorant of their ways, or their needs. I am determined to know how to talk with him and how to pull forward the very best in him. I am determined to know how to speak to his dreams and breathe life into them helping them grow and do my part to bring them to fulfillment. I am aware that a man without purpose and dreams is a very unhappy unfulfilled man. God has promised to bring us to rich fulfillment and I intend to be part of that "bring" for my man, as well as part of the "rich fulfillment."
I am determined that.....although I DO NOT believe Proverbs 31 is about women but rather wisdom......Prov 31:11 The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. NKJV
It is my desire if it is possible, to know him to the depth of his soul. To be the highlight of his life and to be second only to God in his life. I am determined to know how to become the one he cannot live without. I intend to enjoy every moment I have with him simply loving, living, and laughing through life together.
My schooling comes through the many male friends I have....(for clarification none of them are lovers so there is no physical relationship.) I listen, I watch and I read. I laugh a lot with men....something I never use to do. I'm learning what God says about them, (you know he likes them a lot,) and what His Word proclaims, I'm also learning what "experts" say. I feel that many/most women are tainted in the thoughts and understanding of men (understandable,) so I listen very little to what women say about men and hear what men say about men. If I have a question about men, I ask men.
When I receive knowledge of something that needs to be changed in me, I begin the change, through practice. (i.e. Communicating with a man is something I practice.) I have come to realize that as a woman the great qualities that God created in me to be an attribute to my mate had become hidden or dormant in many ways, some had blossomed, many had never been employed to blossom. They have always been resident but not recognized by me.
This is my desire...I want to look my best, be my best and give my best for/to him. Do I have to do this? NO! I choose to. I choose to be the best thing that’s ever happened to him.... but in order to do so I must know him as much as I know me. It is a choice to lay down the things that do not matter and focus on what is needful.
Luke 10:42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her." NKJV I'm laying down the Martha mentality and picking up the spirit of Mary in our relationship. Ministry to him, with him shall be my focus.
This is where I have begun....question is....where will I end?
9:56 PM
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