Hebrews 13:4 Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.
Almost every little girl hopes to
grow up, marry the man of her dreams and live happily ever after. Today, popular culture tells us that if we
aren’t happy, just get out and move on to the next one, or find someone outside
of your marriage who will supplement by giving you what you need. Adultery is devastating not only to the
marriage, but it hurts everyone it touches.
God tells us that he wants us to be a living sacrifice in our marriages by focusing on our husbands and honoring them. Marriage can be a beautiful thing. One aspect of that is how God can take two different people and help them become one when both are willing to be molded by Him. The contributors on this post have 179 combined years of being married. Here are a few things we have learned by experience and mistakes about keeping honor and remaining faithful in marriage.
How to Discover
the Treasure in Your Marriage
·
Be
selfless
A
strong and happy marriage is a great witness to God’s love. In I Corinthians chapter 13, God defines love
as patient, kind, and never failing. If
we are to love our husbands as God desires, we must not be selfish.
·
Remain
faithful
Being
faithful to your husband doesn’t just apply to sex. It means standing by your man no matter what
comes. We are all going to have ups and downs.
·
Communicate
We,
women, love to talk, but a strong relationship requires two people listening to
each other. You learn nothing by
speaking all the time. Take time to
continue dating each other. We,wives,
generally make the plans, so plan a date night with your man.
·
Show
honor in your speech
There is a difference between gentle joking
amongst girlfriends about married life and criticizing our husbands. Gentle joking is okay, as long as everyone
knows you’re joking. Imagine how you
would feel if your husband spoke about you in a manner that was hurtful or
unbecoming to his friends.
·
Build him
up
When
we build up our husbands with encouragement, we build up our whole
household. Ruth Bell Graham, wife of
Billy Graham, said, “It’s my job to love and respect Billy; it’s God’s job to
make him good. God called you not to make your husband good, but to make him
happy.”
How to Discover The Man You Can Treasure
·
Be certain
You
will meet many men during the course of your life. Before you get married, be sure he is the one
that you are determined to stay faithful to both sexually and emotionally. Don’t find a love you can live with, find one
that you can’t live without.
·
Know your
value
A
man who makes you feel anything less than smart, confident, and comfortable
with who you are is not worth your time. He isn’t the one for you.
·
Include
God
Your
identity is never found in a man- it is who you are in Christ (and that alone)
that matters. A man’s relationship with
God will tell you a lot about the type of person he is.
·
Slow down
Take
your time to find the right one. Don’t
just rush into relationship after relationship like shopping for shoes: trying every style on, wearing them for a
while and then getting a new pair. Guard
your hearts and your purity. Being promiscuous will hinder your progress even
further.
·
Believe
Carry
the torch of believing in true love and marriage. Pray that God will close the door on any
unhealthy relationship, and quietly bring you the husband that He has chosen
for you knowing that He knows best.
Believe it!
Of course, not every marriage is a
happy one. There are many who are
lonely, abused, cheated on, and just generally unhappy. Ask God to cover your marriage with grace and
forgiveness to heal wounds. If you are
being abused, please seek help. God doesn’t want any of His children in that
situation.
If you are in a struggling marriage, and need prayer, please
email your request to sunflowerseedsforhope@gmail.com. We will pray for you.
Passages to Ponder:
2 Corinthians 6:14- Don’t team up with those who are
unbelievers. How can righteousness be a
partner with wickedness? How can light
live with darkness?
I Thessalonians 5:11- So encourage each other and build each
other up, just as you are already doing.
Proverbs 14:1- A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish
woman tears it down with her own hands.
Conributors: Karen
Bromby, Monica Brown, Kathy Derda, Jodi Dunbar, Jamie Leary, Kim McClure,
Kristy Tolley and Chaminie Wheeler
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