(A pretty rough week, so another well-received post from the past. This is actually one of my first!)
Father, thank You for encouraging me to share my writings yesterday.* I pray that You were glorified. I, honestly, struggle with pride to a certain degree. I lay the whole thing at Your feet, I really want You to get the credit, I want those who read it to think of You. Its weird how something like this is so simple yet in my mind it’s so complicated. But You know that I only did it (posted it) because I felt that that’s what You wanted me to do. All Glory to You!
Ephesians 5:21-33 (<<click this)
Marriage…man and woman…husband and wife. Submission to him…love (to the point of giving up his own life) for her. Mutual…edifying…sacrificial. Nothing selfish here…no taking advantage of…just giving. Unity…oneness…a melding of two. Both benefited by the giving of self. Both made better…both more like Christ. Both placing the interest of the other before the interest of self. Against the (fleshly) natural…embracing the (spiritual) nature. Rejecting the mindset of the world…embodying the mindset (the life) of Christ.
Lord, as I draw closer to You, please help me to love Karen more and more. She is truly a gift from You that is to be cherished. Help me to do all I can to lift her up, to encourage her. Shore up my patience and help my selfishness to be cast away. Please enable me to love her as You do.
May 6th, 2015, Wed, 6:39 am
*I posted a photo of my May 5th journal entry (Magnifying the Negative) to Facebook.
