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!
Showing posts with label Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Love. Show all posts
Friday, July 22, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Like A Seal
When I think about Blogging, I can easily get lost in the world of knowledge, it seems there is so much to say and so much to share...but to not overload you I instead want to post a passage from Song of Solomon. Meditate on this word, let it bring you to a new revelation of God's love for you!
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death. its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.
Song of Solomon 7:6-7
This youtube video is of one of my favorite songs right now...watch it and let the words penetrate!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoC1ec-lYps
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death. its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.
Song of Solomon 7:6-7
This youtube video is of one of my favorite songs right now...watch it and let the words penetrate!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoC1ec-lYps
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
LOVE
Love- Such a vast word, we use it almost too frequently. I was writing a text to my mom this morning and saying how much I love the earings she got me, then in the next sentance I wrote, I love you. And I paused for a moment...I used the word Love twice, once talking about a thing and then the next talking about my feelings for my mom. It just didn't feel adequate enough!!
But we do this constantly, and I think the meaning for the word gets lost along the way. Love such an amazing word, such a deep word. I think we almost shrug it off sometimes, or say it with out the feeling behind it.
And I think the love that gets the most screwed up is the Love that Jesus has for us. I don't think we comprehend that love enough. Because if we did we would realize that nothing else matters!
John 15:9- "As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love."
Wow, as the Father loved Jesus- Can you even imagine that love? It gives me a warm fuzzing feeling just thinking about the love God has for his Son. And that is how Jesus feels about me! Whoa, thats intense! Its a love nothing can break, its a love that is self sacrificing, patient, kind, enduring....God's love for his Son is a perfect LOVE! And this is how Jesus feels about you and me...what a humbling thought, what an amazing feeling.
My prayer today is that you would know the LOVE God has for you. That it would not be something you hear and shrug off, that you would feel the instanceness of his Love.
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
-Ephesians 3:16-19
But we do this constantly, and I think the meaning for the word gets lost along the way. Love such an amazing word, such a deep word. I think we almost shrug it off sometimes, or say it with out the feeling behind it.
And I think the love that gets the most screwed up is the Love that Jesus has for us. I don't think we comprehend that love enough. Because if we did we would realize that nothing else matters!
John 15:9- "As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love."
Wow, as the Father loved Jesus- Can you even imagine that love? It gives me a warm fuzzing feeling just thinking about the love God has for his Son. And that is how Jesus feels about me! Whoa, thats intense! Its a love nothing can break, its a love that is self sacrificing, patient, kind, enduring....God's love for his Son is a perfect LOVE! And this is how Jesus feels about you and me...what a humbling thought, what an amazing feeling.
My prayer today is that you would know the LOVE God has for you. That it would not be something you hear and shrug off, that you would feel the instanceness of his Love.
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
-Ephesians 3:16-19
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