Don't hate confidence, yet be fearful of ignorance and unbelief. sw
Where does every word that proceeds from the mouth of God find room in someone's life?
If those words were a person how much easier would it be to find room for them?
Even further what if the qualities that initially attracted you to them seemed to lose their value for whatever reason over time, then what do we find?
There's not enough paper in this world to record all the possible scenario's and variable that could be blamed for the cause of a rift between any two people, yet lets try and stay focused on the "Before" picture before throwing fuel on that other flame that usually burns us.
Luke 9:57-58
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
NIV
How often do we hear "A Happy wife equals a Happy Life"? What if both genders held to this type of life governing "Mantra"?
A competitive spirit might suggest, "That's good for her, yet if trying to make a mans wife "Happy" is his main "Concern" in life, who's watching over the Joy of the Lord as if the strength of the man the wife also needs?
Most woman when asked that also 'Want" a man in their life also want a "strong" man, yet how many have conducted the proper interview which then reveals its the"Zeal" to please the Lord that makes any man truly "Strong" in the eyes of God?
Just because you are where you are within this thought does not somehow undo what God says devotion looks like does it?
How does such a thought find the said "Good" steward of time and how to "Invest" that time?
The beauty of Gods "Divine" wisdom in terms of "Discovering the meaning of Love" as is His Name, who does God allow to pick the partner you also make this discovery "With"?
And if a person doesn't at minimum value the "Wisdom of God", how CAN a person see the importance of choosing someone of the opposite sex?
It's one thing to do things for someone else in order to take the load off of them, yet it's completely another if a spouse spends all of that said spare time their spouse has afforded them watching Nascar or burning up the highway going to the Mall as if "Needed" therapy or get away.
Is the real problem a marriage "Presents" the fact you can't get your husband to do what You want him to do OR in the instance of the husband you can't get your the wife to enjoy spending quality time in devotion to the Lord together with you?
You can reverse those scripts if you see them backwards, yet truly isn't all that accomplishes the assignment of a "Name" like a line read in a play? A role that now claims as if the "Entitlement" (right) to be seen "Different" than the other and "In the eyes of God"?
What if neither spend time in devotion to the Lord except on Sunday"s and who's truly "Living" the lie?
John 4:23-24
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
God is spirit , and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth ."
NIV
What is it that made Jesus righteous in God's sight? The same Jesus who is also the God sent perfected symbol of "Truth"?
Was it that God sent a man named Jesus to save us, or was it that God sent "Truth' that became flesh, dwelt among men and was given the name Jesus the "Christ" in order to be Gods example as though the "First Born" of the beloved of God?
Was the righteousness of Jesus that He ONLY verbally declared that He "Believed" God? Was his righteousness that He said He loved God, yet then turned and went and did things which then proved Him to be a liar?
Is the Holy spirit also the "Spirit of Truth"?
John 14:15-17
"If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— the Spirit of truth.
NIV
Please don't hear what I'm NOT saying because I thank God every day for His mercy and Long suffering while His "Holy" spirit works in me in the direction of making more perfected than the day before, yet I find my own challenge when I deeply consider what Stephen said that also got Him stoned to death.
Acts 7:51-52
"You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute?
NIV
Exactly what is the godly "Objective again (Two shall become one)? And what is the modern day "Accepted" definition of insanity?
The sword cuts both ways, yet unfortunately the proverbial 'Line in the sand" gets drawn directly through the center of gender differences.
Have you reminded yourself lately there will be no "Gender" differences in heaven? No ethnic barriers to tear down? No slaves or slave masters who have need of carrying a whip, but only those who wanted to be there MORE than they wanted the ungodly pleasures of THIS life.
In terms of looking for "Love" in all the wrong places the counsel God tries to provide has already established THE objective in saying, "The Two shall become One"?
How do we find Jesus as a mutual example when there always seems to be the likes of gender related problems?
How can the mind that's governed by value found in only in "Gender" have any hope of remembering this as though "One" and the same objective?
God may have said "Marry" so that you won't "Burn" with passion, yet was that said as if a "Strength" to chase after? He may have said be fruitful and multiply, yet what if he said that 'because" He wanted "Children"?
Who do those children look like when they come out of the womb and whose care were they placed in as if the "House that actually does belongs to God 24/7"?
Is it also a house that's smothered in "Legalism" (Law) or is it a way of life that is also a living reality that's admired? Wait! don't leave feeling condemned because what else do we Know because WE also understand God?
Matt 10:34-36
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn
"'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'
NIV
Matt 5:44-46
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?
NIV
More often what the venue of marriage does present AFTER the new (true initial attraction) wears off is the differences between the two that were more then likely AL-READY their before marriage so don't rush off and blame the kids or your spouse?
Those "Same" differences that NOW for whatever reason have reached a point to where at least one of the two has decided there needs to be a course correction.
Do you see how important it is for a type of "Headship" as if one that now leads?
Is the expression(s) of Love truly only about being thoughtful or is it more about the balance where everyone involved then invest whatever time is left over after meeting the fundamental immediate need(s)? Is it more than keeping "Common" area's clean? Is it more about putting the toilet seat up or down when you're done?
I don't think many people stop and think about what such rhyming cute phrases suggest (Happy wife equals a Happy Life) but regardless they still get said and find a resting place in the mind of many don't they? Did God make woman first? Do men not come from the womb, yet who does all of the above belong to?
If a happy wife is the dominate thought of a man, where does that leave room for the Lord? And in the same way to the wife if the husband is overly needy which takes away from an otherwise time of devotion unto the Lord?
Some might say, "Well isn't that what Church on Sundays are for"? My thoughts would be how would that work out if you only fed your dog, kids or went to work one day a week, how would that math work out?
Because most won't accept the truth in what did lead them into marriage to begin with they might also find that they would have had to find time within their daily devotion to the Lord in order to have time for a relationship?
You can only hope to see what Paul is suggesting IF you "Begin" with the thought of the life of a virgin BEFORE marriage that was also primarily dedicated unto the Lord....
Most marriages have to work to accommodate the way of God instead of the other way around. It is what it is unless of course you've learned to love excuses more than the truth?
1 Cor 7:32-34
I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs — how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world — how he can please his wife— and his interests are divided
NIV
If what the Apostle Paul said some 2000 years ago can be accepted as a reality that's still in play in this world, does it bring to life the statement so often heard about the "High Maintenance" person?
Exactly how does such a statement interpret and then find not only the husband but even more the common interest a husband and wife within their assigned genders in the sight of God?
As if that which supports both of them simultaneously as if One?
If the Joy of the Lord truly is "Strength" has there been a more recent "Power" shift in the "Marriages" today in the sight of God? And how just would that comment then find the God who does NOT change?
Neh 8:10
This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
NIV
Men of God, how do you find yourself as it concerns NOT having your prayers hindered for ANY reason?
Exactly what does the word "Same" suggest" and what does the "Prime" example look like when the word "Same" is used to compare?
Wouldn't it have to first be established what "Unbelief" looks like before you could understand what the Apostle's of Christ were suggesting when it is said "In the same way"?
How easy to forget and dismiss the thought that if One part suffers "The whole suffers" with it?
You can try and argue the Apostles were only applying that type of suffering to the body of Christ, yet if you don't forget the very example of marriage is used as if the example of the Bride of Christ in relation to Him?
An earth bound (relationship) shadow of something greater in heaven that should become particularly obvious when it's heard with righteous ears, "I'm talking about Christ and the Church".
Anything God establishes in the earth as though "Righteous" is only a shadow of the heavenly reality. Why else would Jesus teach those who choose to believe, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven".
Once again for those who suggest they also "Believe" the words of the Gods sent Christ (messenger), exactly where is the Kingdom of God if not also within you provided you are part of that shadow of a greater "Reality" and that only because you do "Believe"?
To you husbands and wives, exactly why was Jesus rejected by some even though He was THE TEACHER sent of God?
If both husband and wives would see what God has placed in you, you would also see your Learning AND Teaching "Objective" clearly in this divine setting where God allowed YOU to hand pick the instrument He now uses to teach YOU about all that Love is and is WILLING to do.
How was Jesus made perfect if not by the things he suffered? Exactly how ""Long" is Gods own suffering who also so loved the 'World". And to think the prayer of Jesus was that He be returned to His former Glory as if One with the Father who is in heaven?
And what is Gods chosen venue where His children are reconciled unto Him?
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers .
NIV
Are believers also considered "Joint Heirs" with Christ in this blessed Grace of God?
Don't worry woman of God, I'll not leave you out if you'll allow me to ask, "When it says in the SAME way to the husband, what is the author suggesting to both?
1 Peter 3:1-6
Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
NIV
Even greater is the responsibility both have in their being "Found" righteous in the sight of God.
Without mentioning a specific gender, some personalities you have to practically sneak up on and say "Please" if you want to be heard. In the light of truth which concerns Love, that to me is like a child that has to beg to be fed...
In terms of unity the way God would have all mankind understand it, where does the thoughts go which protect the full scope of plurality within a relationship?
A specific relationship as though there is a "We" or an Us" or the suggestive "Our" that's also involved instead of it always being "Him OR Her" or a "They and Them"?
I truly believe no one can carry the full weight and or "Responsibility" of making someone other than themselves "Happy" and that ONLY once you learn about the "Joy of the Lord" truly is your strength.
Truly what is "Wisdom" and who can find it? If you already know it all what need could you have?
Prov 9:10
10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
NIV
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