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Hey… don’t know what happened… I just don’t have as much to say recently… or perhaps don’t take the time to say it?
Well, wanted to correct that a bit tonight. We got to present our collection of God’s truth on the foundational relationship He gave us. We call it One Man, One Woman (OMOW). We are even writing a book about it.
It’s just truth. Truth from our Creator about the best way we work. The way we were designed to be. But so different from the way the world works.
God’s love is based on unconditional commitment. Many of our relationships are not. Marriages break up because there is not full commitment. Dating does not even allow for commitment. There is always a way out.
But God wants so much more for us. To know that you will be loved no matter how lousy you are on this day or that – to know that you are completely accepted no matter how you may mess up… that is the freedom that come in a full commitment relationship like God’s One Man One Woman marriage relationship.
He says wives, submit to your husbands as you would to Jesus and husbands, love your wives as Jesus loves the church: (And God shows His love for us in this: while we were still sinners Christ died for us —Rom 5.8) In a real commitment relationship there is no concern for self – there is 100% concern for the other person – which means you are receiving 100% attention. Works nicely that way.
Life would be so much better if we could really do it the way God says to do it. But that is often too hard. Really. It goes against our culture, against our friends, perhaps even our families… perhaps even our own desires or thinking. But, God is the Designer of this life… and we ought to trust Him.
That’s what I want to do. No matter how wacky. I want to trust Him. I think that is where my life is going to be the most exciting. The most full. The most real. Just, the best.
So, whether it’s in relationships, or money, or my job, or where God wants us to be serving Him — or whatever. I want to do it how God would have me do it. God, please give me the courage to follow through on that desire. To stand apart in this world for you — just by doing what you say… following your lead.