Job 1-2
Acts 7:22-43
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.” Proverbs 31:10-11
Many people look forward to their wedding day and anticipate it with great excitement, but not for one particular bride. As her wedding day approached, she became extremely nervous. She was afraid that she would go to the wrong place during the service and do the wrong thing. The minister of her wedding told her, “Your wedding will be very straightforward. When you arrive at the church, you will walk down the aisle. Then you will stop at the altar, I will announce the hymn and then everything will follow naturally after that. So just make sure you do these three things: walk down the aisle, stop at the altar, sing the first hymn and just relax. Anything you have to do you’ll be asked to do. I’ll ask you questions and everything will be okay.”
When the bride arrived for her wedding, she got out of the car and walked towards the church door. She had this steely look in her eye and was heard whispering, “Aisle, altar, hymn. Aisle, altar, hymn. Aisle, altar, hymn.” If we were to say this fast enough, it sounds a lot like, “I’ll alter him!” We may laugh, but some of us approach marriage this way. We think we can change the person we marry, but that is not the case. We should marry somebody we are willing to love, as that is the commitment that we make on our wedding day.
During the wedding ceremony, the minister will ask the groom, “Will you take this woman as your wife to live together in marriage according to God’s law? Will you love her, comfort her, honour and keep her in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, keep only unto her, as long as you both shall live?” Then, the minister asks the bride these same questions. The answer we often hear the bride and the groom say is, “I do.” But that is not the correct response because that is the line the parents of the bride would say when they give the bride away. The correct answer from the bride and groom should be, “I will,” as marriage is a commitment made between the two that is continuous.
When we choose to go into marriage, there must be mutual respect, trust and love. Once respect and trust are undermined, love becomes undermined. The greatest asset one could ever have is a spouse of noble character who fears the Lord. Proverbs 12:4 tells us, “A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown....” Whether or not we are married or getting ready for marriage, we should ask ourselves, are we women and men of noble character who fear the Lord?
Lord God, thank You for the season of life that You have placed me in. In my relationships, both with a spouse and with others, help me to be a person of noble character who fears You.
Acts 7:22-43
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.” Proverbs 31:10-11
Many people look forward to their wedding day and anticipate it with great excitement, but not for one particular bride. As her wedding day approached, she became extremely nervous. She was afraid that she would go to the wrong place during the service and do the wrong thing. The minister of her wedding told her, “Your wedding will be very straightforward. When you arrive at the church, you will walk down the aisle. Then you will stop at the altar, I will announce the hymn and then everything will follow naturally after that. So just make sure you do these three things: walk down the aisle, stop at the altar, sing the first hymn and just relax. Anything you have to do you’ll be asked to do. I’ll ask you questions and everything will be okay.”
When the bride arrived for her wedding, she got out of the car and walked towards the church door. She had this steely look in her eye and was heard whispering, “Aisle, altar, hymn. Aisle, altar, hymn. Aisle, altar, hymn.” If we were to say this fast enough, it sounds a lot like, “I’ll alter him!” We may laugh, but some of us approach marriage this way. We think we can change the person we marry, but that is not the case. We should marry somebody we are willing to love, as that is the commitment that we make on our wedding day.
During the wedding ceremony, the minister will ask the groom, “Will you take this woman as your wife to live together in marriage according to God’s law? Will you love her, comfort her, honour and keep her in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, keep only unto her, as long as you both shall live?” Then, the minister asks the bride these same questions. The answer we often hear the bride and the groom say is, “I do.” But that is not the correct response because that is the line the parents of the bride would say when they give the bride away. The correct answer from the bride and groom should be, “I will,” as marriage is a commitment made between the two that is continuous.
When we choose to go into marriage, there must be mutual respect, trust and love. Once respect and trust are undermined, love becomes undermined. The greatest asset one could ever have is a spouse of noble character who fears the Lord. Proverbs 12:4 tells us, “A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown....” Whether or not we are married or getting ready for marriage, we should ask ourselves, are we women and men of noble character who fear the Lord?
Lord God, thank You for the season of life that You have placed me in. In my relationships, both with a spouse and with others, help me to be a person of noble character who fears You.
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