Okay, so your a Christian guy, and your supposed to do this stuff that doesn't sound like much fun. Read your Bible, pray, go to these churchy things... not only that but they're not cool either.
So you want true love though? You want to find a girl and marry her one day, and be her hero. You want to raise a family and lead them as well? But what are the obstacles to that? I mean, there are so many divorces and broken families out there, maybe you come from one.
Okay, maybe I can't speak from a lot of experience, but I dare you to ask someone who is married if I'm wrong. But one of the best things you can do is fight for your wife in your mind. Constantly be reminding yourself about why you love her, the things you like about her. You need to talk to her, learn more stuff about her, spend time with her. If you don't actively do this, you will naturally fall into negative thoughts about her and living patterns, and other people and things will begin to seem more attractive then your wife. So go ahead, ask a married couple that you respect if I'm wrong here. Ask them if they just always are "in love," or if it is a struggle some days.
Wait... what the heck does this have to do with God?
What if I told you that everything... EVERYTHING you love is really something you love about God? You love nice cars? Your attracted to power and beauty. Who is more powerful and beautiful than anything? God. You like hanging out with friends and chilling at the beach? Your attracted to fulfilling relationships and rest. God promised those things and is more fulfilling than any relationship... BECAUSE HE INVENTED RELATIONSHIPS AND REST!
Now everything around is going to try and get you to forget about Jesus, forget about who He is, what He has done (check out 2 Corinthians 10:15). Namely created everything good and beautiful as a gift, sacrificed Himself so that you could connect to God again. So we fight that that might not happen. That we might not forget.
How do we do that? We listen to Him (read our Bible) and talk to Him (pray) and do things with Him and for Him (churchy) stuff. Of course it won't sound attractive, that's where faith comes in.
I'll tell you a little secret. If you cannot cultivate a love and a passion for the God of the Universe, Jesus Christ who is perfect in every way, how well do you think you are going to do at your flawed, yet beautiful and lovely wife one day? That's right. Those honeymoon feelings will fade, and all those skills that you could have been developing when you were single, those skills of loving and cherishing, those are all but useless, and so you set yourself up for a rough marriage.
So what are you waiting for? There are a million things that promise happiness, satisfaction, joy, but only One who is able to give it. You know, you've tried the other stuff. I hope this makes sense to y'all.
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hey man, new blog huh? thought i wouldn't find out?! I guess that's actually my fault seeing as i haven't had a chance to talk to you twice now( i'm horrible at this). Anyways, really tracking with what you said man. It is a struggle soome days and it is tempting to start loving other people or things...anyone who says otherwise is either perfect or lying. Any relationship needs to be sustained by our effort. Anything in a state of order will naturally move to a state of disorder without an outside influence. So if we don't put time and effort into our relationships they will grow stagnant and eventually fade out. It is so easy to forget about what our friends mean to us when we get a bit distant. Then you finally hang out, and your thinking, "man, we should do this WAY more!". It is so easy to forget though. Story of the year, Tommy. It is always worth the effort we put into sustaining these relationships though. This is obviously especially true for our relationship with God. Diggin the vibe Tommy. Keep writing.
thanks for droppin' by "drifter," I always love to hear from you.
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