Sometimes loving someone can seem impossible, especially after your together for a while. The more time you spend with someone the more you start to notice things that you don't like about them. In the beginning they are Mr. "Perfect" but later they become Mr. "No so perfect". Ms." I'm your biggest fan" becomes Ms. "You didn't put the toilet seat down again".Today's dare: Look back over the dares from the previous days. Were there some that seemed impossible to you? Have you realized your need for God to change your heart and to give you the ability to love? Ask him to show you where you stand with him and ask for the strength and grace to settle your eternal destination.
I read this quote today: "No one falls in love by choice, it is by CHANCE. No one stays in love by chance, it is by WORK. And no one falls out of love by chance, it is by CHOICE." I think it says it all, though I think falling in love is just as much a choice as it is a chance, but relationships are hard work.
I think we forget that we married mere mortals, who are flawed and sinful, but more often we forget that we are mere mortals as well. We can't do this on our own. We need help making that choice to love our partners. We need guidance with our words and our actions. We need healing from hurts both past and present. We need patience. Help forgiving and work with extending mercy and grace. We need supernatural intervention.
I know I'm probably the last person you should listen to when it comes to relationship advice, but I do know a little something about where that supernatural help can come from. Just today I called on that help, because believe me without it I wouldn't have been able to write my last post on words with a straight face. I call upon that power each time I start writing these posts because without it my words would be harsh and resentful. I call upon that supernatural intervention each day as I climb out of bed and put my feet on the ground. That supernatural power guides me as I interact each day with people I am in relationship with and that supernatural power is who inspired me to write this blog in the first place.
That supernatural power that I am talking about is Him. He who looks down on us lovingly, willing to forgive all of our sins when we ask. With His help we can love more deeply because He loved us first. We can forgive our partner because He forgives and we with His help we can love even when it seems impossible because with Him everything is possible.
Do you have Him in your life? If you don't click here and say the simple prayer and forever be changed.
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