Wife after God // Day One

“God’s purpose for my marriage is to reveal His love to the world.” #WifeAfterGod 

It is important to know Gods purpose for my marriage, so I can do everything in my power to fulfill that purpose. God's love is full of grace and forgiveness! I am called to give my husband grace just as Jesus gave his people grace, and Danny is to be gracious with me. We are all human and that means we will fall and stumble, but Jesus still loves us! If others see that we give our spouse the same love, we can use our marriage as an example of how Jesus loves. No matter what we do, it can't change Jesus' love for us. No matter what our spouse does, we are called to love & forgive just as Jesus loves & forgives. I can only imagine the drop in divorce rates if every marriage were able to reflect that same love to one another. 

I will vow to view my husband as Jesus views me. I will forgive, and forgive again, with every ounce of my being, as I hope he would do the same for me. I will be patient, respectful, and loving. I will love Danny like Jesus loves me. 

Heart Transformation

Before I start, I will say that I have asked The Lord for guidance on what I should read in the Bible everyday, because it can be intimidating to start reading at first! Every time He has guided me to a scripture that my heart has been yearning for answers about. Here is one of my answers from day 4 of digging into my Bible. 

I was always told that when I get to Heaven, I will get all my hearts desires & not a tear will be shed. In my mind, up until today, my hearts desire was to be surrounded by my family, friends, and some nice "things." When I would read scriptures like Matthew 22:30, it would bring me to tears that The bond would be broken from who I LOVE so dearly. Why would God break the bond of marriage from my husband? Because, that is not my hearts TRUE desire. I have been deeply depressed twice in my life. My husband, family, friends, and fancy things COULD NOT settle my heart and heal me from that depression. Both times I was healed only due to turning my heart toward Jesus. So why do I think that when I get to Heaven, and I don't have those things, that I won't be happy? I will be in the presence of Jesus! I think I could spend eternity hugging and chatting with Him about how gracious & loving He has been to me. God blesses us with people here to love and enjoy our life, but our ultimate goal should be to be with Him, because He is the only one who truly knows our heart and loves UNCONDITIONALLY. 

I will delight in my marriage & love him deeply, because God gave me such a wonderful man. However, I will always put Gods love first, because His love is unfailing!