Tree Hugger! PART ONE!

I want to be a tree! but not just any tree...Psalm 1:3 (NIV) says:
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.

I want/need to be a HEALTHY, a PROSPEROUS tree. What is a healthy/prosperous tree? One that yields the right fruit in the right season! God has called you to be a certain kind of tree. You may be bearing fruit, but is it the right kind? If you planted an apple tree and one season it produced cherries, or what if after that mid season it switched to lemons!? Yes, you would still have fruit, but not the kind you planted/purposed for that tree! Matthew 12:13 (NIV) talks about a "tree is recognized by its fruit." Most people won't know a walnut tree or a pear tree or a whatelse grows on trees? .... until they see the fruit! (Unless you are my husband, but my little horticultural geek does not count) God has a purpose and a plan for all of the trees that he plants! Ask yourself: 1) are you bearing fruit?
2) are you bearing the fruit that He (God) designed you for?
If you answered "no" or "maybe" or "I'm not sure" to either questions then talk to God, seek and pray AND stay tuned for "part two" because we will dig into more of Ps 1:3!

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The CALL to be Married

Where does time go! Its been almost a month since our last post!!! But good things come to those who wait :) And whats better then talking about marriage! Right?!
Lately I have been struggling/pondering/wrestling with the idea of what a wife is supposed to look like. I have read and re-read many verses that talk about being a wife...but I was having trouble grasping the idea to walk it out.

In Ephesians it says: Wives submit to your Husbands as unto the Lord, and Husbands love your Wives as Christ loves the church.

This passage about marriage is so rich! This is what marriage was created for, to show the world a glimpse of God's love for his people, his church!!
As a wife I am called to submit to my husband, to come under his authority, to trust that he will take care of me. A husband is then called to give unconditional, self-sacrificing love to his wife as Jesus did for us!
This verse explains to us that Men are to reflect the strength, love and sacrifice of Christ. And Women are to reflect the character, grace and beauty of the bride He redeemed.

We are showing the world what Jesus looks like... How many times I have fallen short of this worthy calling?

The character, grace and beauty of the bride he redeemed....this is our model. We are showing the world the beauty of the church that is betrothed to Jesus.

Submission is a choice, it is surrendering your will and voluntarily deciding to come under your husband and support him, in everything. To respect him.

We are a parable to a redemptive plan that is far outside our understanding. We are in a beautiful mystery that began when the world was created!

I encourage you to read Ephesians for yourself. Read about this wonderful mystery of God's love for his bride!