Be Strong in Your Relationships

Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry.
-- Tom Mullen

I know that this is not a bible verse, but I feel that God wants for our society to understand how IMPORTANT marriage and relationships are! We throw relationships away like garbage. As humans we long for something more...something better...we ask ourselves if we are "settling". But what we have to realize is that a marriage is NOT a right or earning, but it is a precious gift from our Heavenly Father who wanted us to experience (in a MUCH smaller way) his same feelings and marriage to the church (and his people). IF our marriages are supposed to be a symbolic representation of how much God loves the church...we are not doing our Lord and Savior any justice.

No relationship will ever be perfect, but we must work at our relationships to live a happy and fulfilling life. My pastor has the perfect illustration of how to have a successful, Christian marriage... Marriage/relationships are like a triangle. There is you, the other person, and God at the top. The closer each person comes to God, the closer the you and your spouse become to one another. What a GORGEOUS notion! As we grow closer to God, our relationships become stronger and happier!

As Christians, we must be a better example of the relationship God has with the church. We must love our spouses the way that God loves us. So when your spouse forgets to close the shower curtain, push the chair back where it goes, leaves the towel in the floor, plays x-box too long....this lists go on I'm sure.....LOVE those mistakes! It is hard! But are those mistakes worth a whole night of arguing or silence? or is it better worth it to let it go and spend those precious moments loving one another? Life is too short and each day is a gift. Do not take those moments for granted...LOVE.