Marriage Series: A God centered marriage {Commitment for Life}

Hey everyone! Welcome back. If you’re new to the blog, I’ve joined a few other Christian Ladies in a Marriage series for the month of March. If you missed last week’s post where I talked about getting your relationship back with The Lord in a struggling marriage, please go back and read it here.

This week we are talking about committing for life.

 

In the society we live in too many people look at divorce as a “way out”. But the Bible says,  “For the reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

What does this mean?

It means once you leave your parents and get married you become not two separate people you become one flesh  in God’s eyes for ever. It goes on to say, “Therefore what God has joined together, let man NOT separate.” 

God did not intend for us getting married and always having the “option” of divorce. No! He say’s, ‘the two become one flesh.” So, if you have that thought in your mind, throw it out! It’s not an option.

Last week I talked about our struggles early in our marriage, and how there was a brief separation. I really struggled with the big “D”. I had that thought of, well, it’s an option. But I knew it wasn’t something I should be thinking about.  I knew that I needed to work on this marriage for my children, myself, and my husband.

Before the separation we had struggled with adultery in our marriage. It was emotional, not physical. I’m not sure what’s worse. The thought that your mate can’t confide in you, or the physical act of adultery. Either one is horrible and I would never want anyone to experience that.

During the separation I had a lot of time to think. The thoughts that keep ringing in my head were, “don’t give up”, “he needs you”,  “don’t kick him while he’s down”. There was a point where the light bulb went off. I thought, “Would The Lord give up on me?” No! Well, why would I give up on the man I loved and the father of my children, because he’s struggling? That was when I choose forgiveness and committed to fixing my marriage.

Next week I will talk more about how you get past the issues, and how to get on the road to forgiveness.  I hope you enjoyed today’s post. Make sure to head over to the other ladies blogs to see what they’re discussing this week.

Tawny