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This Marriage did not come with a 30-day Warranty!Some of the most successful companies today are the ones that possess phenomenal promotions, products and prices. But most of all there is a drive to satisfy its customer and to ensure a dissatisfied customer that they would be willing to reverse or substitute a transaction that was made in their stores. This guarantee of the warranty may sound a little like this:“"If you don’'t like this product, kindly return within 30 days for a full refund.â€"We are more inclined to gravitate towards those stores that has excellent refund and exchange policy. It is not a great feeling to devoted time and energy to acquiring something and then finds that it is not to our satisfaction and then we can never be compensated for that time and effort. During our shopping experience, it is always in the back of our minds that we may just need that refund/exchange policy. It is a great assurance for us. Something to rack back on for the “just in caseâ€.While this may be great assurance for us in our shopping experience and retail transactions, please know that it is not everything in our natural environment that can be translated into our spiritual walk with Christ. I am about to get in a topic that although it is very serious, I would like its presentation to remain light and a bit comical. It is alright to be funny but we must also know when to be serious. It’s not all the time we need to drop the gavel real hard to pour out something that the Holy Spirit has laid on our hearts. The truth is, it is my goal you and I grow more in Christ in every aspect of our lives. This topic is one of those times.Some of you ladies today are going through great marital pains and joy has far removed itself from your union. For some of us the reasons are too many to number. Too much for me to get into. Irregardless of the reasons, I want us to know that it all can change if we follow the standards of God. Yes you may have heard this many times and you are just at the brink of thinking that all is lost and meaningless—-but it can change.In the first year of my marriage I experienced bliss and I can't say that my husband and myself really fought about anything. We were ministry minded and driven and we enjoyed being married. Sure there were some things that we desired for ourselves but we were in the honeymoon phase.My first interjection here is this : ladies make sure that the person you are going to marry is in the will of God for you. Failure to seek God's will for you may shorten your honeymoon phase to less than three months. Every marriage is going to have challenges because we are talking about two people from different walks of life but imagine adding those differences with serious issues that God did not intend for us. But most of you reading this page is probably already married. Still this is not a lost case.So put away the packagiing tape and the box because I know some of you wouldn't mind shipping your husband back to sender. You may even be aware that he's probably thinking how nice it would be to send you back for a refund or exchange. Comical as it may sound, God does not give us the right to consider our marriage a retail transaction or a visit to customer service. He gives us a lifetime guarantee of His support. Our marriage isn't one sided transaction that took place at Macys but it a joint covenant that took place before God. We took a vow before God.Yes here goes that hard word "vow". Whether this marriage was from God or not, we made a vow and He's expecting us to keep that vow. Does this sound familiar?For better or for worse,in sickness and in healthTil death do us partWhile we are going through our marital difficulties, some of us hear this: I blank, blank, blankTake blank, blank, blankTo be my husbandFor better and of courseIn riches and in healthAnything besides this, we must partAnother interjection here just to give you a little comfort: This marriage did not come with a 30-day warranty but ladies it has a lifetime guarantee.Now I know sometimes this union is difficult to try to muddle our way through at times but the question at the end of the day is “who are we committed toâ€. When God joins two people together, they are not perfect but they should be committed. To Whom? The answer is not each other but rather committed to Christ first. When commitment to Christ is present, even when we feel like we just can’'t live with the other person, we remember our commitment to God.By the third and fourth year of my marriage, things start to get a noisy. Certainly on one side we had the enemy trying to divide us because of the call that God had on our lives and on the ministry. But also God allowed some things to take place to test us. We both had some things to shed and being single doesn'’t really expose those things. When you join a union and start living with someone else, then know that you are coming in with things that you both are going to have to learn to deal with. My husband was pretty much like most men- quite and reserved with their feelings while I was pretty much like most of women. Needless to say, there is so much to discuss but one thing that I drew away was that submission is key. Not necessarily submission to each other but to the Holy Spirit. He is going to call you to lay down some things about yourself. It is those things that he needs to change in order to work in the marriage. YES!! Women have some things they need to change not only the man: Let’s take a break for a minute for some humor.****"After five years of marriage, Amber and Ed began having problems. They argued so bitterly that Ed decided he wanted a divorce. Ed went to see a lawyer. At their first session, the lawyer asked Ed, “What first attracted you to this woman?†Ed replied, “Her forthrightness, straightforwardness and frankness.†The counselor then asked, “Why then are you now telling me you want to end the relationship?†Ed answered, “Her forthrightness, straightforwardness and frankness.†" ****Husband to Wife: “Why do you keep reading our marriage license?â€Wife to Husband: “I’m looking for a loophole!â€****First friend: “You are wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger.â€Second friend: “I married the wrong man.â€****Time to get serious again: 100% commitment is what God wants from us. God isn't in the habit of replacing or exchanging mates. He has the power to work all things together, if both parties submit. Well you say what if my husband doesn't feel that he should submit or he isn't saved to understand submission to the holy spirit. Well the bible says :"For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." 1 Peter 3:12If you are right before Christ, then he is going to do right by you. He will and change your mate. Commitment to each other shows commitment to Christ and vice versa. It's not an easy road but as people of integrity, we must walk the road, especially when a vow is on the table.The formula for a happy marriage? It's the same as the one for living in California: when you find a fault, dont dwell on it.Jay Trachman, One to OneDon’t be a pestering wife be a praying one. Even if you are right….. This union is bigger than you and so it’s ok to decrease a little and trust God.Before I leave I want to hit you with another round of laughter.****Tommy Lee asked Pastor Parkes, Reverend, am I right in assuming that the Bible says its wrong to profit from other peoples mistakes? Pastor Parkes replied, That is substantially correct. Tommy Lee demanded, In that case, how about refunding the twenty dollars I paid you for marrying us last year?****Cousin Roberta recalls: One evening I drove my husbands car to the shopping mall. On my return, I noticed how dusty the outside of his car was and cleaned it up a bit. When I finally entered the house, I called out, The woman who loves you the most in the world just cleaned your headlights and windshield. My husband looked up and said, Mom's here? ****Marriage means commitment. Of course, so does insanity.****The final thought by Lillian Woods is this:My mother was the old-fashioned kind who was firmly committed to the sanctity of marriage. Just before I got married, she took me aside and said, Im not going to give you a long sermon. Just remember one thing: in every marriage, there are grounds for divorce. What you have to do is to keep finding grounds for marriage.Ladies we are pushing on to higher heights and taking ground in our marriages in the name of Jesus!!!Pastor Claudine
Having the discernment
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