Was It Love At First Sight?
Were the sentiments of this song the sentiments that you shared regarding your spouse when you first met he or she? Well, it was not my story when I met my husband. I was about 12 and he was about 15 and he asked me would you go with me? I said, "no." His sister dated my first cousin, therefore, our paths continued to cross frequently. As we grew a little older, in our teenage years, he asked, "Will you go with me?" and I said, "No."
We later became young adults. The male that I once knew as a boy had now become a young man. Suddenly, my eyes changed towards him.
Maybe, this was, " The First Time That I Was Seeing His Face." Surely, I was seeing his face so differently. It was like my heart was drawn to his. When I saw him again he approached me, "Now is the time before someone else swipes me up and it will then be too late for you," he said. (At that time I was a backslidden christian and Jeff did not know Jesus as his personal savior.)
After seeing him again he told me, "Call me when you are ready, soon after I made the call. Yes, ladies I called him! And the rest is history, our history is still in it's process! Well, allow me to inject a piece to this puzzle that is crucial. We both made a major change in our lives before entering into the Covenant of Marriage. I rededicated my life to Jesus and Jeff surrendered his life and accepted him as Lord and savior. After that initial date we've been together ever since. On December the 13, 2010 we will begin celebrating 25 years of marriage.
Has The Road Always Been Straight?
Early in our marriage we put a lot of unresolved issues up under the carpet. It's like sweeping and rather then getting the dust pan to get the dirt up, you just pull the rug up and sweep the dirt up under the rug. But, it never goes anywhere it just continues to pile up; day after day, year after year. At that time we did not have the tools or understand how to get to the root of our issues. And let me say, if we don't deal with the issues in our marriages they will deal with us. We must deal with them from the root, if not what appears to be severed will rise again.
The Proving Stages of Love
I believe that love will always go through a proving stage. After standing at the alter and we confess our vows then comes opportunity to bring to life each confession that was set forth. Love is not always good times. It is strengthened and proven in challenging times. It is a power that is developed and it grows stronger and stronger from day to day. It is a lasting commitment that dares not to give up or give in. It does not turn it's back. It believes and hopes in one another. It is pure. It strengthens and encourages. It sharpens. It never fails.
And today?
Each day that I wake up I look at my husband as though it is the first time seeing his face. What I mean by that is this. I practice having appreciation for him, I thank God for him, I speak blessings over him and I practice pouring into him. Are we perfect, no; but, we strive for perfection every day. We repent, pray and ask for grace these are three tools and effective principles that have worked in our marriage and continue to work.
And today?
Each day that I wake up I look at my husband as though it is the first time seeing his face. What I mean by that is this. I practice having appreciation for him, I thank God for him, I speak blessings over him and I practice pouring into him. Are we perfect, no; but, we strive for perfection every day. We repent, pray and ask for grace these are three tools and effective principles that have worked in our marriage and continue to work.
Scripture Reading
1 Corinthians 13
Love Is the Greatest
1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;[a] but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages[b] and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when full understanding comes, these partial things will become useless.
11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[c] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
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