RZ06
Oct 26th 2008, 08:13 PM
I attend the young families group our church has every Sunday.
They are discussing the book "Sacred Marriage" and today it was about persevering.
Some key things that I took home with me, remembering, was a story the pastor's wife told. They talked about how they battled with infertility and how they lost 6 babies :( With that, they would cry out to the Lord, pray, even question God.
The wife said that she read every scripture she could about the women that God gave children to. And she would say "but you promised & gave Rachel children" or "you promised & gave Sarah a child", etc...and then she realized one day, that God didn't promise her children.
She said she told Him that she now understood that and that it was ok. She TRUSTED him and what happened.
They eventually had 2 children.
But the point that I took home was that even if we desperately desire something to the point our heart hurts, God didn't promise you it. You need to let the Lord be in control and TRUST in Him.
She gave examples of like those that are seeking a spouse- God doesn't promise EVERYONE a spouse. Etc.
Another thing that was discussed was what about your marriage do you want to be "sacred", for when you look back? That means, what in your years of marriage were defining moments that showed God was there?
They talked about a couple who, each year, marks on a piece of tile what God did for them that year.
And so when we go through hard times in our marriage, we can look at those things and REMEMBER what we endured and that God DID provide and help us to keep faith. Also, it's a great way for your children to see, to learn about sticking it through b/c God is always there.
I thought that was a GREAT idea. And not to mention, it's something that when people come to your home and see that, it's a way to show what God can do.
They showed verses and one verse that stuck out to me was:
2 Peter 1:5-9
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
Just a great message today about hanging in there, persevering.
They are discussing the book "Sacred Marriage" and today it was about persevering.
Some key things that I took home with me, remembering, was a story the pastor's wife told. They talked about how they battled with infertility and how they lost 6 babies :( With that, they would cry out to the Lord, pray, even question God.
The wife said that she read every scripture she could about the women that God gave children to. And she would say "but you promised & gave Rachel children" or "you promised & gave Sarah a child", etc...and then she realized one day, that God didn't promise her children.
She said she told Him that she now understood that and that it was ok. She TRUSTED him and what happened.
They eventually had 2 children.
But the point that I took home was that even if we desperately desire something to the point our heart hurts, God didn't promise you it. You need to let the Lord be in control and TRUST in Him.
She gave examples of like those that are seeking a spouse- God doesn't promise EVERYONE a spouse. Etc.
Another thing that was discussed was what about your marriage do you want to be "sacred", for when you look back? That means, what in your years of marriage were defining moments that showed God was there?
They talked about a couple who, each year, marks on a piece of tile what God did for them that year.
And so when we go through hard times in our marriage, we can look at those things and REMEMBER what we endured and that God DID provide and help us to keep faith. Also, it's a great way for your children to see, to learn about sticking it through b/c God is always there.
I thought that was a GREAT idea. And not to mention, it's something that when people come to your home and see that, it's a way to show what God can do.
They showed verses and one verse that stuck out to me was:
2 Peter 1:5-9
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
Just a great message today about hanging in there, persevering.