Relationships: Build Them Up or Tear Them Down

A marriage relationship is one of God's most precious gifts designed to provide love and affection, sexual fulfillment, a sense of commitment and belonging as well as an opportunity to explore the deeper complexities of our humanity. Our passions play an interesting role in either establishing and maintaining a relationship or causing the disintegration and unraveling of the very fiber that holds it together.

We observe this pattern in Samson’s life when he found a young woman to marry. His parents arranged their marriage, but his impulsivity and bent for mischievousness created a fiasco that doomed the marriage before it began.

Samson's personality lent itself to blaming others for his failures. He justified his enraged behavior by believing others were responsible for his pain and suffering. Sampson's passion prevented him from seeking the Lord God for wisdom and guidance. No matter how desperate your situation appears, nothing is impossible for God Almighty nor beyond his willingness to help.  

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The Lord hates people who do evil, but he takes righteous people into his confidence.

The Lord puts a curse on the homes of the wicked, but he blesses the homes of the righteous.

~Proverbs 3:32-33 Good News Bible