Marry Me

Every person dreams of that very special day when they will walk down the aisle with their future husband or wife.

My father today was actually talking to me about marriage and there is something he said that caught my attention that I wanted to share with you.

He said the following, "Claudia, the day you get married their are three things that you need so your marriage will be successful".

The first and most important thing is communication. If there is no communication between the couple, the marriage will die with certainty. Because when there is communication, a constant contact between the couple. There is no room in their minds for the devil to place doubts, jealousy, or the need to find someone else.

Two, never make decisions without consulting your partner. He explained that when a person gets married they no longer do what they want, or when they want. Every decision the person makes needs to be consulted with their partner. This keeps the couple on the same page and helps them make decisions as one, and not as individuals. Many times couples struggle because they make big decisions without consulting it with their partners. So what ends up happening is that that the man, or the woman feels that her opinion does not matter, or that he/she is not even there.



Finally, respect. There are men and women who have the habit of putting down their partner without even realizing it. These words could be "useless" "pathetic" "you can't do anything right" etc. My father said, when there is no respect from the partner their cannot be a marriage. This respect includes:
submission, faithfulness, politeness, etc.


Now that you know these three key points to a successful marriage, I have one question.

How has your marriage with God been?

Wait, Why am I Doing this?

Have you ever done something so many times or for so long that it became something automatic?

This can be some very dangerous in our relationship with God. Why? Because we become blind or we begin to see things with bad eyes.

What has stopped being natural and now become automatic in your life?

Reading the bible. You used to read it because you wanted to to hear God's voice. You wanted an answer to a question. Now you quickly skim through it so you can say that you read the bible today. You happy you got that out of the way.

Praying. You used to give God the first words of your morning and the last ones before bed. You used to find opportunities you could be alone with God and tell Him what was on your mind. Now you praying is just something your expected to do. You know you need to do it, so you pray really quick and even though it was fast, even though your mind was somewhere else during the prayer, at least your prayed, right?

Souls. You used to always joy speaking to others about Jesus. You were the first one ready to go out and evangelize for souls. You felt good knowing that people would listen and that they would come to you when they had a doubt. Now, evangelizing is a burden. You have more important things to worry about. "Why do people always come to me with their problems, I have things I need to be doing right now. "

The church. You used to clean the church with all your heart as a special offering to God. You would stay late and not even worry about the time because you wanted to serve God. Now, as soon as the service is over the person flees before the pastor asks for help with something.


This list goes on and on.

What has become mechanic or automatic in your life?

Ask yourself, "What, Why am I doing this This?