Love Story part 5

What then is my love story.  It is a love story with God and David.  David and I didn't start off the easy way, God's way and for the first couple years of our marriage we paid.  But once we put God in control every year has gotten better and better. 

The Bible says in Matthew 6:33 to seek first the Kingdom of God and his Righteousness, then all these things shall be added unto you.  Once we put God first things did go so much better.  So to those who are single I encourage you to Seek God first in all that you do.  Seeking romantic relationships is not God's best.  Get your focus on God and when you find someone whose focus is also on God you will both be headed in the right direction.  It is like a triangle where at the bottom corner is you and when God places someone in your life for your spouse they are the other bottom corner.  With both of you walking toward God he is the top of your triange and the closer you walk to God the closer your walk with each other will be.  The more David and I seek God and his will the closer we get to each other and the more joy and love there is in our life because God is Love and love without God is a struggle. 

In Proverbs 4:23 it said to guard your heart.  Your first love needs to be God, he will give you the desires of your heart.  If he gives you a desire for a spouse he will give you a spouse.  Guard your heart from those who would like to take pieces of your heart away.  And likewise don't be that person who takes peices of anothers heart.  Remove distractions that are not of God.  I have found the more I serve God and others, the more I don't notice my own selfishness, the hapier I am.  JOY is Jesus, others, yourself.  Guarding your heart means to put a hedge around what is going in your heart and that includes romantic relationships that are not in Gods time or Gods will.

Song of Solomn warns of not awaking love.  What a wonderful love story it is when we see someone who waited for that person God had for them.  Entered the marriage with their heart only given to God then to their spouse.  That is good fruit, fruit that endures.  As one waits pray.  Pray for that person who will one day have your heart or the heart of your child.  They need your prayer!!!  David and I pray all the time for our children's future spouse.  We want their hearts and lives protected also. 

Ecclesiastes reminds us that to everything there is a season.  Don't rush through the seasons that God has planned for you to satisfy the flesh.  

I hope someone out there can be blessed by this.  If you are a parent please encourage your child to seek God first.   David and I are not perfect parents. Our kids struggle the same as others and are also not perfect.  But as parents let's do the best we can to show them and encourage them to God's best. 

In a couple days David and I will be celebrating our 21st anniversary.  Join me for a fun post and a celebration of the wonderful gift of marriage.  May our marriages be ones of God's design. 

Alicia