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Happily Ever After: Till death us do part
There’s an old joke about a classroom blooper: The teacher asks, “What is the word to describe one man staying married to one woman?” A kid responds, “Monotony.” Ha-ha.
A beautiful ceremony, two expensive rings, and a wedding license are not sufficient to keep people committed to each other. Even the great King David could not keep his eyes (and hands) off Bathsheba. God had the sordid details of David’s theft, adultery, lying, and murder written down so that we could learn from it. The momentary flash of excitement gave way to months and years of misery and damaged many other people’s lives as well.
Jesus himself taught that it was God’s original (and current) marriage intent that what he had joined together no one should separate. One man/one woman till death us do part is still his promise for a happy life.
No matter how many times I see them, I’m still moved every time I see a picture of returning soldiers being embraced by their loved ones. If someone’s back home waiting for you, show them your love by waiting for them too. You know what I mean.
Proverbs 5:15 puts it like this: “Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.”
Do you believe this?
There’s an old joke about a classroom blooper: The teacher asks, “What is the word to describe one man staying married to one woman?” A kid responds, “Monotony.” Ha-ha.
A beautiful ceremony, two expensive rings, and a wedding license are not sufficient to keep people committed to each other. Even the great King David could not keep his eyes (and hands) off Bathsheba. God had the sordid details of David’s theft, adultery, lying, and murder written down so that we could learn from it. The momentary flash of excitement gave way to months and years of misery and damaged many other people’s lives as well.
Jesus himself taught that it was God’s original (and current) marriage intent that what he had joined together no one should separate. One man/one woman till death us do part is still his promise for a happy life.
No matter how many times I see them, I’m still moved every time I see a picture of returning soldiers being embraced by their loved ones. If someone’s back home waiting for you, show them your love by waiting for them too. You know what I mean.
Proverbs 5:15 puts it like this: “Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.”
Do you believe this?
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About this Plan
The experience of serving your country overseas--and sometimes seeing firsthand man’s inhumanity to man--may teach you important lessons about life while turning your stomach at the same time. But recognize that God has an even better way for us to learn life wisdom, a way that continually draws us closer to him no matter how far from family or church we might be. Because of his great love for us, he would much rather make us wiser through words. In this way we wouldn’t be sadder but wiser; we would be wiser and happier. The Bible’s book of Proverbs is an absolute gold mine of wisdom for the daily decisions you must make. It will help you develop your personal values and tune your life’s agenda more closely to resemble God’s.
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