There
Are Three Things
That
Amaze Me --
No,
Four Things That I Don't Understand:
Scripture
Proverbs
30
19 how
an eagle glides through the sky,
how a snake slithers on a rock,
how a ship navigates the ocean,
how a man loves a woman.
how a snake slithers on a rock,
how a ship navigates the ocean,
how a man loves a woman.
Observation
I
started dating Kathy in the fall way back in 1968 during our senior
high of high school. I think it was after the second or third date
that I knew that I wanted to be with her forever. I fell madly in
love with her after or maybe even during our first date!
I
agree with the writer of Proverbs that love between a man and a woman
is amazing!
Kathy
describes those early days of our relationship a little bit
differently, she says, “We were madly in lust with each other!”
We
were married one year and one month after we started dating … at
the young age of 18.
Her
charm and her beauty and whatever she saw in me, attracted us
together but we quickly learned in our first year of marriage that
those things were not enough to keep our marriage and our love for
each other going in the right direction.
At
19 years old, one year after we got married, Kathy and I fell in love
with Jesus Christ and we began to put Him first in our lives and
first in our marriage. Jesus Christ became the most important Person
in our lives and not each other.
It
was then and only then that I truly learned how to love Kathy the way
God intended for a man to love a woman. A love for her that is so
amazing.
When
I look at her today I still have those feelings; those feelings just
like I had when I began dating her in the fall of 1968. When she
walks into the room everything still changes!
She
is the love of my life. She is more amazing now than she was even
then.
We
watch so many couples struggling in their relationship with each
other. When they open up and give us a chance to talk with them we
share with them the reason why our marriage is what it is today.
Here
is what we share:
Jesus
Christ must have first place in your life. Your spouse or
significant other must have second place in your life and everything
and everyone else must come after that. Then and only then will your
love for each other be truly “amazing”.
Application
I
will enjoy my wife today and I will let her know how much I love her.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for allowing us the opportunity to have a personal
relationship with You. I love Kathy more today than I ever have. She
is so amazing. She is the greatest gift that You have ever given me
next to my relationship with You. Thank You for giving me the ability
to love her like Christ loves the church and like Christ loves me.
Don’t let me be selfish. Give me the ability to love her and love
others with Your unselfish love. I pray for my children that they may
know how to love others in this same way. Help them to put You first
and others second. Help them grow in their relationship with You and
in their relationship with others. Give them what Kathy and I have
experienced. Don’t let them miss the “amazing”.
Daily
Bible Reading: Revelation 15,16,17,18; Psalm 30, Psalm 60, Proverbs
30
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