Commitment To Love

Our Thoughts:

People meet, fall in love, and decide to marry. Sometimes, they marry with many misconceptions of what marriage will be for them. Romantic notions are very prevalant, yet, those notions don't always materalize, after the marriage takes place. We fall back into reality, and reality doesn't always make room for lots of romance. We have to work, keep house, and soon, along comes the children. Our dreams of midnight talks in the moonlight, red roses for our anniversary, chocolates for Valentine's Day, or vacations on the Riviera just don't happen often! Nevertheless, we don't call off the marriage, simply because our expectations of this 'storybook marriage' just didn't materialize! No, we work to make our marriage happy, and an example that our children can look at, when they begin to start their married lives. We are committed to having a happy relationship, to love each other, until death do us part!

Spiritually, love is a commandment. We are told to love our neighbor as ourselves. We first have to love ourselves in order to love another. When we commit our lives to another, as in our marriage vows, we are to love that person as we love ourselves. When we commit our souls to God, His love then dwells in us, and we show forth this love to others. We have to stay committed to God daily, in order for His love to flow out of us so that others may see Jesus in us.

God's Thoughts: