My marriage is broken & I pray it will not be fixed! Brokenness
is required in marriage. Just like we
need to come to Christ with our brokenness so He can save & heal us. We
must break our selfish desires… we
must lay our all at His feet… we
must let go of our pride & humble ourselves to receive what only God &
His Son can do to cure our broken souls.
I can be a little spunky sometimes. It has pretty much always
been this way. I look at things differently. If I played a game, I wanted to
win so I always put my all into playing. I tended to be a right fighter… you know, when I know I am
right & I am willing to fight to the bitter end, just to prove a point! Not
one of my better characteristics! And this of course made me a real gem to be
married to, I suppose! Ha! (Luke is such a loving, patient man!)
“I
love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my
Savior, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the strength of
my salvation, my stronghold. The Lord should be praised. I called on Him, and I
was saved from my enemies.” Psalms 18:1-3
A few years back God reminded me that He is my Defender… I don’t have to have the
last word, because being right has nothing over being righteous. God showed me
that even when people hurt me & choose not to do the right thing, I need to
choose to rely on Him & let His righteousness fill me.
So getting back to the “brokenness in marriage.” The realization that God is
more concerned about my righteousness over my rightness was a big change in my
marriage! We are human & humans will hurt each other, intentionally or
unintentionally…
there is a guarantee that it will happen! And the only way to get past the hurt
is to break your selfish desires, lay your broken pieces down, humble yourself
to forgive even when you feel you are justified or not. How much has God
forgiven you for? Did His forgiveness make any sense? Yet He gave His Son to
die for you! There was no justice in that, but He chose to justify my sinful
life! Justification ~ just as if I didn’t sin!
Have you read the book of Hosea? I love this redemptive
story! Short version… Hosea’s wife left him to be a prostitute and when he found
her, he bought her back! Yes, he paid to get his wife back! He would have been
justified in letting her go & moving on with his life, but he was willing
to pay the price to forgive her! Please read the book of Hosea… it is a great
story of love!
Marriages are taking hard-blows lately! In fact, all
kinds of relationships are being hit pretty hard! Why is that? As Christians,
if we spend all our time fighting with each other… holding bitter feelings… not being quick to forgive
& letting it go…
then we are not fighting our real enemy, Satan.
I will be the first to admit… I don’t have it all figured
out! Some days are better than others! What I do know is that we have got to
come together as Believers & be willing to pay the price to live a life for
righteousness’ sake… not
that we will even come close to what we should, but that is where grace comes
into play, isn’t it???
“Love,
to be real must cost. It must hurt. It must empty us of self!” ~ Mother Teresa
Here is my prayer for my marriage & any of my relationships~
Father, I ask you to break me where I need to be broken. I
ask for Your forgiveness where I have hurt or wronged anyone. Help me to see my
husband through Your loving eyes. I let go of self & my selfish ambitions.
Lord, help me to have a willing heart to forgive quickly. Fill me with a love
that goes beyond reason so I will not settle for justice alone. Let me pour out
grace & mercy to others as You have done for me. I pray for healing of
marriages & lost relationships. In Jesus’ name.
So are you willing to pay the price to be broken???
Rejoicing
in Truth!
Carin
