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LIVING WITH A COMPASSIONATE HEART IN MARRIAGE (PT. 1)

Scripture:
‘But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.’
(LUKE 10:33-35)

LIFE IS A JOURNEY. You probably didn’t know this before.

Marriage brings two travellers together and they become two journeymen walking the same road yet each having a distinct divine destiny and destination.

In this journey, God’s purpose in pairing you is that you might help each other so the journey would be lighter, the accomplishment of your respective assignments a lot easier and the harvest of your labours much more fruitful and more rewarding:

“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.” (Ecclesiastes 4:9)

In marriage, therefore, you are a team. You are a divinely appointed Duo put together to achieve God’s purpose. You also need to understand that this isn’t new. It has been God’s method right from the Beginning. He paired Adam and Eve for the purpose of multiplying and populating the Earth with humanity and to transform (subdue) it’s physical structure. This was why Adam was neither blessed nor commissioned to carry out the great assignments mentioned above until Eve was created and given to him in Marriage. (Genesis 1: 28)

In your journey together, you must walk in mutual understanding and agreement or else you’ll experience needless frustrations(Amos 3:3).

In Luke chapter 10, a traveler on the Jerusalem-Jericho highway fell into the hands of Robbers who robbed him, stripped him and left him almost dead.

The Jerusalem-Jericho highway is a picture of Life’s highways. The difference is that the Robbers on Life’s highways are mostly spiritual and inflict spiritual attacks that many times results in physical and emotional afflictions. While the world walks past and looks away unconcerned like the Priest and the Levite, YOU ARE the Samaritan with the Horse, the Oil and the Wine that’s stationed beside your Spouse by God to attend to them whenever the invisible Bandits and Robbers attack.

This means that as a Spouse you are in the life of your Mate for much more than to enjoy good romantic times. You’re there for the bad times as well. You’re there to serve them when they’re at their low points. That’s why the Wedding Vows includes the commitment to stand by your Mate “For Better, For Worse; In Sickness And In Health; For Richer, For Poorer; Till Death Do Us Part”!

You are in your Mate’s life to put your Horse at their service in the critical hour. The Horse is representative of all your financial power, connections and everything you know and have that can bring about accelerated recovery and restoration of your Mate in the hour of trials.

As a Spouse, you must be that Lover who looks at your Mate’s face often and on, not only to behold their Beauty or Handsomeness but to discern if all is well. This is not faithlessness but wisdom.

In our anchor scripture passage, the Samaritan stopped his journey to take a closer LOOK at the dying man. That CLOSE LOOK made him understand that the man was still alive and that he could make a difference with his Horse, Oil and Wine.

Learn to look into the face of your Mate in search of signals. Learn to believe them when they say that they’re not well. Learn to believe them when they say that they’re too tired to have Sex. Learn to believe them because LOVE believes ALL THINGS(1 Corinthians 13:7).

Be merciful and compassionate to your mate. They don’t just need it they deserve it. Living this way makes your journey together so much easier, happier and merrier!

πŸ’•β€οΈ TONIGHT’S ONE FLESH ASSIGNMENT IN THE BEDROOM
Is there anything your Mate is personally battling with at this time? Pray and prepare to compassionately minister to them on that matter TONIGHT. Demonstrate sincere concern, empathy and love.

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