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The Reason For Your Marriage
Have you really examined your goal for having a big wedding ceremony?
Why are you even having a wedding ceremony?
When you read what it says about wedding ceremonys and marriage in Genesis, you find a really dynamic vision of hope.
In the book of Genesis, it says that God made everything, but did you know he made you and me, men and women, just like him. Yep, that is what it says. He made us to be creative, to make our own choices, and to share intimate relationships " just like God.
In Genesis 2, God forms Man and breathes into him the breath of life. God gives Man dominion over the world. God gives Man responsibility for naming animals and caring for the Gods garden. Mans integrity, self-image, and sense of significant reside in his belief that He is being responsible. God notices that Man is alone. Man lacks intimacy, relationship, someone with whom to share life. Therefore, God miraculously gives Woman to Man as a gift help mate.
Woman is never given as a slave or door mat or conscience. Woman is given to help Man by sharing his dominion over the world and responsibility for Gods creation. When Man gazes upon Woman, he is stricken with a throbbing passion, a deep awe, and wonder. Bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh
God places within Man a powerful desire for Woman. When Gods design is followed, this connection becomes like a little taste of heaven.
When you think of building your family, what is your foundation? Is sex all there is? It is a matter of financial convenience? Or is there something more? If you are serious about building a strong vibrant family, here is the key. Give. Yes, give. Give yourself, your time, your desires, your hopes, your dreams, give.
The Bible is like a great how to manual or instruction guide. Some of us tend to just start sticking things together, but when things dont fit, we take out the directions. If you want a strong vibrant marriage, check the instruction book first. It says, Give to one another. Love is giving, so make giving your priority instead of getting.
If the goal of a wedding is to start a marriage, it should set forth the values, design, and priorities of that marriage. It is amazing how many people say their pledges and vows and never think about what they are saying. We enter marriage with our own special desires and expectations, and it does not take long before we are disappointed. Here is a secret to having a successful marriage: Reduce Your Expectations and Increase Your Contributions.
Why do you a wedding ceremony? Is it not to launch a marriage? Then as you plan your wedding, plan your marriage. Keep in mind for you to be happy in marriage, you must forget about your rights and focus on the privileges you have to give you love and devotion freely to you partner. Love as your partner understands love.
As a wife, your mission is to love, honor, and respect your husband. He needs these in order to feel loved. When you commit yourself to making your husband feel like a king, you invest in your marriage. As a husband, your job is to provide for, protect, and comfort your wife.
However, a husband who fails to earn the respect of his wife makes it very hard for her to love him. A husband must work hard to care for his wife, and doing so will make it easier and easier for her to love him.
A wifes mission in marriage is to help her husband, and husband is to provide for his wife. The wife who nags, complains, demands, argues, throws temper tantrums, contradicts, or otherwise demonstrates disrespect for her husband drives nail after nail into the casket of the marriage. A husband who is lazy and uncaring makes it very difficult for his wife to love him. Always remember that marriage is a giving relationship.
What is the purpose of your wedding ceremony? It is to launch a marriage. In your marriage anything demanded and received is no longer a true gift. Marriage cannot afford selfishness of either the husband or wife.
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