In my last blog, one of the questions I wanted to ask Jesus was, do you find it weird that I pray for kids and a husband that I have never met? Well that is kinda where this blog is headed today. A couple people asked what I had meant by that and in light of somethings going on in my life I decided that I would post on here what I meant.
I grew up knowing my number one dream in my life was being a wife and mother. When I played house I always wanted to be the one that was the "Mom" and I always had to have at least 2 friends play my children. As I grew up this dream has yet to change but aspects of it have. I have realized being a mom and wife is more then just having a family for me, it is a chance to see and feel love that you can't get from anywhere else. It is a chance for me to get just one more glimpse of the love that God has for his children.
You see, I as someone who thinks she has a strong Christian faith and someone who wants to experience having a husband and kids, I see marriage has one of the best gifts God can give us. Marriage allows us a chance to experience a love that we can't get anywhere else. It allows us to commit to someone else and more importantly in my eyes, it allows us a chance find someone to walk with in our journey with Christ and to Christ. It allows us that lifelong partner that helps to pick us up and dust us off when we need it the most.
But Courtney, what about all the divorce rates out there, doesn't that stop you in your thinking about marriage? Answer is simple- NO! With God all things are possible, With Faith, Hope and Love all things are possible. I once heard that marriage was like a triangle, the closer you and your husband get to God the closer you get to one another, thus the harder it is to break. Like life, a marriage only ends when someone gives up and walks away, but as a Christian I see that as an excuse. As many lemons has life has handed me I should have walked away but I haven't, I keep my stride knowing that things will get better. I pray that I take this believe into my walk with Christ and my husband.
You see I write this blog today for all my friends that are newly married or getting married soon. I write it for myself to remind me that even though I might not have found the right one yet, I pray daily for his well being, for his relationship with Christ, and mostly for the strength for us to find one another and love each other with our whole being. But mostly I write it for this.
To remind people of this.....
1If I speak in the tonguesa of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,b but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Now take all the times that the word love is used and replace it with your name. You should be all of these things. In order to fully love and by loved, you must be patient and kind and never failing. You must not envy or be boastful. I want the kind of Love that is in the Bible, not the love that is in all the romance novels. I want love like my grandparents and parents have, a love that can stand the test of time. I want the Love that God has gifted us all, the love that makes us crave it.
Love is an amazing gift, a gift that can move mountains and change the hearts of so many. So here is my question to you. What would you do for love or to strengthen your love? Do you think that having God in a relationship and marriage can drastically alter that couple in a better way? Love is something to never give up on and yet so many people do. And because I refuse to turn my back on one of the greatest gifts out there I will continue to pray for Mr. X. I will continue to look at the love around me and see God in every happy couple, in every struggling couple, because let's be honest God is there for those couples in the good and the bad times. In the times of love and the times of fighting. A relationship centered on the love of God will always have God in the middle no matter what the situation.
So I will end with this prayer.
Dear Lord:
Because love is patient: Help me to be slow to judge, but quick to listen, hesitant to criticize, but eager to encourage, remembering your endless patience with me.
Because love is kind: Help my words to be gentle and my actions to be thoughtful. Remind me to smile and to say "Please" and "Thank You" because those little things still mean so much.
Because love does not envy or boast, and it is not proud: Help me have a heart that is humble and sees the good in others. May I celebrate and appreciate all that I have and all that I am, as well as doing the same for those around me.
Because love is not rude or self-seeking: Help me to speak words that are easy on the ear and on the heart. When I'm tempted to get wrapped up in my own little world, remind me there's a great big world out there full of needs and hurts.
Because love is not easily angered and keeps no record of wrongs: Help me to forgive others as you have forgiven me. When I want to hold onto a grudge, gently help me release it so I can reach out with a hand of love instead.
Because love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth: Help me stand up for what is right and good. May I defend the defenseless, and help the helpless. Show me how I can make a difference.
Because love always protects and always trusts: Help me to be a refuge for those around me.When the world outside is harsh and cold, may my heart be a place of acceptance and warmth.
Finally, because love always perseveres: Help my heart continually beat with love for You and others. AMEN.
And finally help me remember the following: Someday I will marry the right person, with the right reason, and with God's permission!
AMEN!
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