Love. A four-letter word that can mean so much or so little at any given time. Love comes in all shapes and forms and is as tangible as it is intangible. Where does love come from though? And who allows us to love at all? When God created us, He gave us the ability to love and He allows us to love freely.
Feeling A Need
All of my life I have been the type of person where, either, I love with my whole heart or a tiny fraction of it. There is not a person I truly dislike, or only love when I feel like it. However, lately, I’ve been feeling like someone is missing from my life. Don’t get me wrong, there have been a lot of people “missing”, but this one is in an entirely different way. Picture this, you’re lying in your bed at night, it’s around one a.m. and you can’t get to sleep. You figure, if I have someone to talk to, maybe about what you’d name your future children or your dreams, you would be able to sleep soundly and dream about those dreams. So, you close your eyes and dream up this person, but when you open your eyes, or feel on the other pillow, you realize you’re still all alone. I believe that God has someone out there for me, but what happens (if in God’s will I’m supposed to be married) after the vows are said and everyone goes home?
I believe that, in a marriage there should be two people, a man and a woman. They should both be Christians, so that they will always have a common ground. Those two people should imitate Christ and the church through their marriage by forming a strong covenant with each other and with Christ. When they should marry, they are to become one flesh as if they act as one of their children, together. As in, they are to be presented as one person of the same flesh and blood. Why do I believe this? In Genesis 2, we are told that God created Eve by using one of Adam’s ribs. In Malachi 2, we are shown that God does not agree with D-I-V-O-R-C-E. In Matthew 19, we are told that a marriage is a LIFELONG COMMITMENT/COVENANT. When two people marry, they are to support, be honest to, respect, care for, and live with each other for the rest of their days.
Another Kind Of Love
Now, Christ did not create us all to have marriage partners. For those without a husband or wife, Christ has given us other ways to receive the fellowship that we so desperately need. First, Christ gave us Himself. You can ALWAYS speak to Christ! Anytime of day or night, you can talk to Him. Secondly, He gave us His word to seek him through and find help through the good and bad. Lastly, He gave us the Church. Christ gave us the church so that we can have fellowship with other Christians. So that we may find that need to talk to someone fulfilled. I have been blessed with an amazing friend, an amazing Sunday School class, and an amazing church! I really do hate missing church, especially Sunday school. Lol. Who would have ever thought that I, the lazy, love to sleep in young woman, would love to get up early to go to church!?! God did and he has blessed me the past 6 months!
This weeks prayer list is short, but just as important. Keyton Reid, Kelsey Bishop, Rick Bishop, Shelbee, John, and Jordan Sorrell, Brother Bryan, Cheslie and Steven (soon-to-be both) Fripp, Mackenzie, Justin, Jennifer & Family, Tonya & Family, and the good people of the awesome city of Nashville, TN who were hit with floods last week, and last but certainly NOT ever least, all of the AMAZING mother’s and grandmother’s of this world!
Much Love & God Bless,
Jessica