LOVEBIRDS' DEVOTIONAL

Enriching Matrimonies

YOUR MARRIAGE, YOUR SPOUSE AND YOUR BODY (PT. 2)

By Anselm Ahman
Scripture:
‘(1) Husbands, love your wives, (2) 1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. 2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. 3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. 4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. 5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. (3) Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.’
(Ephesians 5: 25a; Song of Solomon 7:1-5; Song of Solomon 4:7)

MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT-LOVE RELATIONSHIP in which the partners are commanded to love their spouse AS THEY ARE and not as they would want them to be.

Our first anchor scripture commands husbands to love their wives AS THEY ARE NOW. If she’s short, don’t wish were taller and you would have really loved. If that’s your mindset, then you had no business marrying her in the first place. If she’s thickly hairy in the groin, private regions, butts and arms, don’t wish she’d shave everyday before you would be pleased to cherish her as you ought. You are to love her as Christ loved the Church and gave His life for her. In other words, you are to love her AS SHE IS NOW and not as you wish she would be. Christ loved sinful humanity with all it’s faults and shortcomings. Why? Because, He saw the image of God in Man.

Similarly, your spouse is in the image and likeness of God. The bodily features in them that you complain and hiss about were deliberately created by God for His pleasure, delight and glory. If they make God happy, why should you feel otherwise? You are to line up behind God and celebrate everything in your spouse that makes God happy and not to wish that they were different. That’s the attitude we see in the our second anchor scripture. The man loudly celebrates the bodily features of his spouse and praises them. He’s literally ecstatic about everything in his wife. This is an example for all spouses to follow.

Wife, please, celebrate your husband the way he is. Is he a stammerer like Moses the Prophet, don’t wish he were different. Remember, God used Moses mightily despite his stammering. That stammering man met and subdued Pharoah. That stammering man led Israel through the great Red Sea. Is your husband begining to get bald headed? Don’t throw your arms up in alarm. Neither should you feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. Elisha was a bald headed man, yet God saw him fit to be the successor to Elijah the Prophet. God gave him double portion of the anointing of Elijah and you probably already know how mightily the Lord used him. Is your husband not as educated as you would wish? That’s no reason for you to love him less than you should. Peter the Apostle had little education yet Christ entrusted His Church to his leadership, asking him to feed His lambs and sheep.

Dear Spouses, stop complaining about your mate. Stop wishing they were different in height, build, complexion and temperament. Love them intensely and faithfully pray for them to grow spiritually until they attain their full stature in Christ and become Christlike. That’s what you need.

💕❤️ TONIGHT’S ONE FLESH ASSIGNMENT IN THE BEDROOM
When last did you give your spouse a gift? Maybe during their last birthday. Well, you needn’t wait until celebrations before you surprise each other with gifts.
And your gift needn’t be expensive before they’ll make impact.
Get your spouse a gift tonight. Between this morning and sundown, shop something for each other and present them tonight.

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