Monday, September 29, 2014

'Love the One You're With' ...yes, I used to think that it meant the one you were married to, 'with' in marriage. Not the person coincidentally in your present company, or perhaps not so coincidentally.

If we look at Solomon ...he could have strived to love the one he was with, yet that could have been any one of his 700 wives, 300 concubines, or any present company.
Yes, the trouble is that our emerging society does not really read much, as they are hooked on little tweets, postergrams or instagrams ...and quickly absorb and share what someone else says, not exploring the truth about others or about God. So, instead of accepting the truth ...they accept what they believe to be the truth, or possibly more accurate, what they want to be the truth ...or what someone else wants them to believe as true. 

And when they say they accept or believe something spiritual, it may not be the Spirit of God, even though they may believe it to be. 

So, the simple truths of mentioning the love of Jesus may not draw them closer to understanding who Jesus truly is, or what He stands for ...and growth or change may not even cross their mind, as in their mind it is not necessary if they are loved by Him.

And if someone doesn't feel love within ...they often search for it without.  It is often without commitment and the endurance that true love often demands.

Yes, we are to love our neighbor as ourselves ...but that is supposed to be a friendship and concern we have for all.

That is a different kind of relationship ...and it should not be intertwined with, nor compete with our relationship with God, which also enters into a bond with Him in marriage.

The first of the Ten Commandment says we are not to have any others gods before Him ...and I think we are to look to that special bond we profess to include Him in, and also partially addressed in the seventh Commandment ...concluding to have no other spouses either. 

No matter how irreconcilable I feel a circumstance may be ...I'm sure I've had moments way worse that God could have decided not to reconcile me.

Yes, there are situations where there is abuse ...and those things should not be ignored, and the authorities should be involved to rightly deal with it.  But, let's be honest, the majority of cases where we feel we can no longer honor the "til death do us part" are cases where we lose focus on His death, and our promise of life ...which we professed to endure together, until He brings us to the everlasting stage of life with Him.