Hello Everyone!
I have been thinking lately about what holds marriages together. Brooke and I have talked about it and realize that it is not going to be easy to get along all of the time and we know that there will be times that we want to strangle each other. It will probably be harder than we expect at times for us to hold our relationship together. The thing that comes to mind when I think about marriage is the love that two people have for each other and the commitment that they make to each other to stay together for life. The problem I have is that many people love each other with all their hearts and still "fall away" from each other and it leads to divorce. Virtually every marriage begins with love, but that doesn't seem to hold the relationship together for life. So what glues a marriage together? Love is the strongest bond you can have with someone in this life, and it doesn't always work. I have come to a conclusion and it is something I have been told my whole life but lately I have felt and have been shown the reality of THE answer. The Lord of All is that glue that holds marriage together....after all he did invent it! It seems so obvious but before it was something that had just been told to me. I believed it but it wasn't "real" to me until lately. Brooke and I have always known in our hearts that we have something that not many relationships have and it is our relationship with our Father. He is our ultimate Provider, Sustainer, Comforter, and Savior. He is our Counselor, Teacher, Redeemer, and Friend. He is our Everything and we are nothing without him. He is the reason that we WILL stay together for life. It is not our love for each other or the happiness that we bring to each other's life, because even that will someday fail us. It is our love for God and the love He has for us that will ultimately hold us in the storms of this life. It is a tremendous blessing from Him that we are meant to spend the rest of our lives together. It is and will be our mission to live to fulfill God's perfect will for our lives every day that we are blessed to have with each other. Praise God for his forgiveness and mercy!
Psalm 31:3
"Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me."
Josh, you are so right! Christ is the glue - the lover of our souls whose unfailing, eternal love binds our hearts together forever. I am so thankful that your heart and Brooke's heart belong to Him and that your relationship is built upon the Rock. I can't even begin to explain to you how happy I am that you're marrying my daughter. We love you so much.
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