February 13, 2010

• A Valentine’s Gift from my husband for me… and you!

  Since
  we are coming up on Valentines Day, I wanted to write a little
  something about my precious wife and our life together.

  Many of you who follow my wife’s blog read what I wrote back in
  November. Thank you for your wonderful comments. I hope it was a
  blessing for you to read as it was for me to share. I thank God for
  this truly  amazing woman that He has blessed me with. Our
  journey together has had ups and downs, but through it all we have had
  our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love He has given us for
  each other. Georgene has had to endure a lot of changes in our lives
  over the last few years, but has never complained about anything. I am
  truly blessed to have her for my wife, my best friend, my companion and my sister in Christ.

   I love what it says in 1 Peter 3:7…
  “Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way,
  showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs
  with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be
  hindered”.  I have tried to honor God’s Word by doing this in our
  relationship, although I’m sure I have failed repeatedly.
  The love we have for each other is a reflection of God’s love for us. If
  we didn’t have God leading and guiding us, we probably wouldn’t be
  together.

  To have a successful marriage you need to focus on what you
  can put into your marriage rather than what you can get out of it. My
  wife is a lot better at that than I am. John MacArthur once wrote,  “The husband who submits to the Lord by being filled with the Holy
  Spirit is able to love his wife with the same kind of love, Jesus has
  for His bride, the church. The Lords pattern of love for his church is
  the husbands pattern of love for his wife.” Christ’s love for the
  church was a total love, a sacrificial love. He completely gave
  Himself up even unto His death on the cross for us. Although it is
  impossible for us to love our wives as much as Christ loves His bride,
  it is a pattern for us to follow.

  God doesn’t love us because we
  deserve it, all we deserve is His punishment for our sins. You may feel sometimes that your
  spouse doesn’t deserve your love, but in fact you are commanded to love
  them anyway. There is not a married couple out there that doesn’t have
  disagreements at times, but they greatly diminish the longer you are
  together, especially if you pray together and study Gods Word together.
  I believe our marriage is blessed by God because we love Him, serve
  Him, and because we were called by Him.There is no greater joy than to
  live our lives together for the Lord.

   Gentlemen, it is okay to say, “I’m
  sorry” or “I was wrong”. Try it sometime … you might just enjoy the response
  you get from your wife. James 4:6-7 says,  “But he gives more grace.
  Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the
  humble.”  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he
  will flee from you”.  If you will first submit yourself to God,
  resisting the enemies attack on your marriage will be a lot easier. And
  believe me, Satan would like nothing better than to come between you
  and your spouse because if you are fighting each other, you are not
  submitting to God. Be in unity of mind as it says in 1 Peter
  3:8-12,  “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly
  love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.  Do not repay evil for evil
  or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you
  were called, that you may obtain a blessing.  For “Whoever desires to
  love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his
  lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good;
  let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the
  righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the
  Lord is against those who do evil.”

   If your marriage is not what
  you want it to be, pray for your spouse and then pray that you are doing
  everything that the Lord would want you to do in your marriage and for
  your spouse. Pray for God’s will in your marriage, not your will. If we
  will walk in humility towards our spouse, we will deny self, and give
  of our self to our spouse, (I’m still working on this one). Men be
  patient, loving, and caring toward your wife… live with them in an understanding way as it says in 1 Peter
  3:7— Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding
  way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are
  heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be
  hindered.

  Wives submit to your husbands, as it says in 1 Peter
  3:1-6—– Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that
  even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by
  the conduct of their wives—  when they see your respectful and pure
  conduct.  Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair,
  the wearing of gold, or the putting on of clothing—  but let your
  adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty
  of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. 
  For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn
  themselves, by submitting to their husbands,  as Sarah obeyed Abraham,
  calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not
  fear anything that is frightening.

   I am blessed to have a
  wonderful Titus 2 wife, and I just wanted her to know how much I love
  and cherish her.

   Happy Valentines Day Sweetie,

  Kevin

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