Opportunities
for making significant changes in one’s lifestyle rarely occur. When it does happen
the opportunity may slip away if the willingness to be accountable is
missing. Taking responsibility for the cost or sacrifice that change demands is
the issue. A young woman desperately wanted her marriage to heal from the anger
and jealousy that had torn it apart.
For reconciliation to be possible she
would have to change her inordinate attachment and dependency on her parents.
Her husband refused to reconcile until she was willing to set boundaries on her
parent’s influence and control. Throughout her marriage, she had blamed her
husband for their ever-present conflict.
Although
this young woman's intentions were sincere, she refused to enforce the
boundaries she knew were needed. Mature love is what adults crave and seek, but
becomes possible only when God’s instructions to leave parents and cleave to
each other are set in motion. While this may be difficult, God will provide the
means to do so where a firm choice is set in place.
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