Imagine if these were the vows you took on your wedding day:
I, (name), take you (name), for the most part, to be my (wife/husband/roommate/theguywhotakesouthtegarbage/theladythatcooksdinner),
to have
and to hold, when I feel like it, from this day forward, but a lot fewer days as the years drag on,
for better or for worse, but don't expect much during the 'worse' part,
for richer, though we're not going to have a lot of talk time because I'll be working so much to make us rich, for
poorer, but don't expect sex while we're poorer,
in sickness and in health, as long as you're not crabby,
to love, or like-isn't that enough?,
and to cherish (your paycheck);
from this day
forward until death do us part; Oh, God, let it come soon because I'm going to get tired of this guy/girl.
Hopefully, that is as laughable to read as it was for me to write. No one vows that. Who the heck is longing for a lukewarm marriage?
No one, right?
But are the seeds of lukewarm already planted or even growing in your marriage?
What will you do today to change the direction your marriage is heading?
I know. I don't know your marriage, the struggles you have, your spouse who won't do anything to help, or the hurts you've experienced. You're right.
But I do know that at one point in your life, you dreamed about a life-giving love, and I want to encourage you to not let that dream slip away. Maybe it already has. But is there something, by the grace of God, that you can do to chase that dream again?
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