IN Everything Give Thanks: for this is the WILL of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. I Thessalonians 5:18 As I read this scripture above, one word jumps off the page, “IN.” I don’t know about you but I haven’t given the Lord thanks “IN” everything, situation, or circumstances I have walked through. Matter of fact, it has taken me years not to grumble, pout, wish away, pray away, murmur, or complain my way through them. I often…
Over the past few weeks in our series, Happily Ever After, we have talked about marriage and the myth we believed that marriage was created to complete us and make us whole. Hopefully, as we have explored this more fully, we now realize that marriage wasn’t created to complete us but to complement us. Only Jesus has and can make us whole! However, it was created for us to have partners and intimate companions to share our lives with…
Now the Lord God said, “It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him—a counterpart who is] suitable and complementary for him.” Genesis 2:18 Amplified From our previous blogs, we have discovered our purpose in being created, first, as Mature Sons for our Father to love and enjoy fellowship with, second, for our Lord Jesus Christ as His Bride and part of His family, and third, as a Holy Habitation for the Holy Spirit to live through and fulfill all the plans and…
In our last blog, we discussed how many of us grew up thinking and believing that marriage was created by our Father to make us happy, complete, and fulfilled. We discovered that marriage was never designed to complete us or fulfill the most intimate needs of our hearts… Jesus was. We also realized the strategies of the flesh only cause death, frustration, anger, rejection, and distrust in our relationships when our spouse doesn’t meet our expectations. To ‘Live Happily…
If you are like me, I grew up with the belief that marriage was going to make me whole and complete. Just think of all the fairy tales we read, all the movies we’ve seen, and in the end, the couple lived Happily Ever After, right? But is this true? I talk a lot about this in a series I blogged in 2018 on the story of Cinderella called, Surrenderella; read her story when you get a chance. SURRENDERELLA Part 1…