Uh.... well, .... hmmm. I know He's there - I mean here. In our marriage. We pray together about important things. Before meals. But *cocks head to the side* do you mean, Where as in every.single.day? Cause, I'm coming up a little blank on that.
I pray for my husband, I encourage him to pray for me. But, if I am to be honest, there are days - many of them where I just don't. I get too busy (wow. that sounds selfishly shallow), I get distracted. I'm still working on the whole carving out time to spend doing quiet time, which I really want to do.Today, however, this question really hit home for me.
"9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out to help. 11 Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? 12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken." Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
The above passage was read at our wedding... I don't think it truly sank into my soul - that last sentence. I knew at the time that it meant with God our marriage would be stronger... but somewhere along the way I forgot. We forgot. We put Him aside.
A little over 2 years ago we were going through a really, really rough patch. It was at the year anniversary of the miscarriage of our second daughter. I was inconsolable. I desperately wanted out. Out of life. Out of the marriage. Out of the painful memories. Out of the guilt. I just wanted to disappear, never to resurface again. I began counseling (again) and Cory came with me. Sometime shortly after our sessions began one of us found a quote and shared it with the other. It became our mantra. The words were encouraging, healing even.
Sticks in a bundle cannot be broken.
We were the sticks. We were going to stick it out. Our marriage was the bundle. But, today in church as that memory came back - for a fleeting second - I realized God is the bundle. We may have set Him aside and done our own thing for awhile... but ultimately God is the One who brought this union together. And He is who protects our marriage.
It is on my heart to continue to ask Him for protection for our marriage. I want to be the best wife that I can be. I need to die to my selfish ways in order to do that. I need to remember that God designed marriage and our marriage has been fused together by the Hand of the Creator.
And I will work harder on submitting to my husband and being the best wife I can.
"25 She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. 26 When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. 27 She carefully watches over everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness.... 30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised." Proverbs 31:25-27,30
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