What May Be the Most Difficult Adjustment for Marriage?

A pivotal event may occur unexpectedly, such as meeting a person whose influence will extend forever into the future. However, being blessed with a marriage soulmate may test each person’s resilience and endurance.

The majority of young men and women want to be married in hopes of their dreams coming true. What aren’t anticipated are the adjustments that have to be made, like modifying or abandoning personal habits to clear the way for living peacefully with the new soulmate.

God’s word commands men and women to leave their parents and cleave to each other, which most couples intend to do. However, leaving and cleaving may have to be done in stages rather than instantaneously. A pivotal moment for a marriage may occur after a couple has experienced several conflicts that resulted in a commitment being made to stay together because the couple realized God intended for their marriage to survive and endure. 

Praise God!                             

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Be gentle and ready to forgive; never hold grudges. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Most of all, let love guide your life…

~Colossians 3:13-14 The Living Bible

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Three Essentials for Relationships

The apostle Paul identifies three powerful forces that reside within an individual. These strengths give relationships the wherewithal to last a lifetime. The three: faith, hope, and love, are essential to any relationship including our personal relationship with God. When God's love resides within a person, it provides stability for a lifetime.

The explanation for this is that God's perfect love is not subject to the ups and downs of life that influence, choices, and behavior. Several books address the idea of love being a choice regardless of what’s taking place. Nevertheless, given its mystery and complications, rare is the person who would deny it makes life worth living.

The greatest incentive for loving God is that he first loved us. His love is boundless, without variations, and the greatest display of that love was giving Jesus Christ his Son to die on the cross for us. By accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior you become a recipient of the power of God's love.           

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So you see, our love for him comes as a result of his loving us first.

~1 John 4:19 The Living Bible

 

In this life we have three lasting qualities – faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of them is love.     

~1 Corinthians 13:13 Phillips – New Testament in Modern English

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