“Love means never having to say you’re sorry”
“You complete me”
“You are every woman in the world to me”
“If I had to live without you, tell me what kind of man would I be”
We enjoy Father of the Bride, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle and other “chick flicks” that fill us with notions that every marriage is full of romance, minimal problems and rarely an argument. Most movies portray marriage as white teeth and fresh breath. Clean house and washed car. Family dinners around the table every night. Children helping with dishes and folding of laundry. A warm greeting at the door complete with tender kiss. Snow white was a fairy tale and so is the picture given to us by Hollywood.
Gary Thomas in his book Sacred Marriage portrays the true emphasis of marriage as a place for holiness to be made complete. Ponder some of these statements by the author.
“God desires that we use the challenges, joys, struggles, and celebrations of marriage to draw us closer to him and to grow in Christian character.”
“If you are afraid to face your sin, don’t get married because this relationship will expose your sin like nothing else.”
“If we find that the same kinds of challenges face every marriage, we might assume that God designed a purpose in this challenge that transcends something as illusory as happiness.”
“If people get married for a reason as trivial as a romantic high, they will probably end up divorced for something as trivial as the loss of romantic intensity.”
If you are ready for the challenge and a true paradigm that gives purpose to everyday married life then pick up Sacred Marriage and rewire your brain to God’s pattern.
So…when you walked down the aisle to say “I do” what did you expect from your marriage?
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