Monday, January 26, 2009

The Marriage commitment

We as a society, I think have lost touch with what it means to be a committed person, a person of our word. I hear so often all the excuses people use for getting a divorce, it makes me ill to think that we are so selfish that we let go of the promises we made, and the vows we took and take the easy way out to what we think will be something better.
Well I just don't love them anymore. Let me bust this one up right now, love is not an emotion, it is an action. When you said your vows you took an action to commit to that person no matter what right? Remember, for better or for worse? If you made those vows before God then you have broken a promise to him also. Why don't those words we said mean anything anymore? Why do we let what the world thinks dictate our actions?
I would like to make a call to commitment in America again, to being people of our word and not bailing out when things get tough. I don't know one couple who has been married for a good length of time that hasn't weathered several storms in their marriage. Staying committed is something to feel good about, it's something to be proud of, it shows great character.
Love isn't that nice cushy feeling we get when we first meet that special someone. Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself; is not puffed up; does not behave rudely; does not seek it's own; is not provoked, thinks no evil, does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love is staying committed and helping that person through hard times, putting them before yourself, praying not for how you want them to be but how you can be to compliment them and be the best husband or wife possible.
There is a universal law that will always prevail, the law of sowing and reaping. If you consistently practice it, it will never let you down. It's not if they will do this then I will do that. If you want a good marriage, then give a good marriage, if you want a good life then give a good life. Don't try to be perfect, just keep trying.
God bless you all,
TW

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