Married For Life - # 10
LEARN TO BEND AND NOT BREAK
Gerald and Evelyn Smith
Married : May 2 1946 Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Gerald and Evelyn met soon after Gerald returned from World War 2, Evelyn wan renting a duplex from his parents, and Gerald came to fix the oven, 'He just wouldnt leave, soi asked him to supper.' Says Evelyn, 'He still wouldnt leave, so i married him.'
Lifes storms are capable of generating powerful winds. Business layoffs, family illnesses or injuries, financial crises, time pressures, break downs in close relationships, problems at work, misunderstandings at home.- all these, and some windstorms are far more devastating, threaten to snap a marriage in two and bring it crashing to the ground if a coupleis unable to endure the gusts.
If your marriage is to survive , you must possess a kind of supple strength. Flexibilitiy is an important component of this quality; hwever th ability to bend underr pressure does not come from abandoning principles and convictions. Rather it cmes from trusting God and submitting to his will for your lives. And true strength is founf, not by drawing from some inner personal reserve, not by leaning too heavily on each other, but by sinking roots deeper and deeper into your trust in the promises of God, and together relying on him t come through for you. A marriage thus secured will never be broken apart or uprooted.
Sometims supple strength involves a willingness to adapt to change. It means letting go of circumstances you are trying tocontrol and leaving wthe outcome to God. When the storm finally clears, the landscape around you may be drastically altered, but your marriage remains intact, standing firm, nad continues to thrive in its new environment..
Are there places you need to bend in your marriage?
'Blessed is the ma who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; ts leaves are always green.' Jeremiah - 17:7-8
Gerald and Evelyn Smith
Married : May 2 1946 Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Gerald and Evelyn met soon after Gerald returned from World War 2, Evelyn wan renting a duplex from his parents, and Gerald came to fix the oven, 'He just wouldnt leave, soi asked him to supper.' Says Evelyn, 'He still wouldnt leave, so i married him.'
Lifes storms are capable of generating powerful winds. Business layoffs, family illnesses or injuries, financial crises, time pressures, break downs in close relationships, problems at work, misunderstandings at home.- all these, and some windstorms are far more devastating, threaten to snap a marriage in two and bring it crashing to the ground if a coupleis unable to endure the gusts.
If your marriage is to survive , you must possess a kind of supple strength. Flexibilitiy is an important component of this quality; hwever th ability to bend underr pressure does not come from abandoning principles and convictions. Rather it cmes from trusting God and submitting to his will for your lives. And true strength is founf, not by drawing from some inner personal reserve, not by leaning too heavily on each other, but by sinking roots deeper and deeper into your trust in the promises of God, and together relying on him t come through for you. A marriage thus secured will never be broken apart or uprooted.
Sometims supple strength involves a willingness to adapt to change. It means letting go of circumstances you are trying tocontrol and leaving wthe outcome to God. When the storm finally clears, the landscape around you may be drastically altered, but your marriage remains intact, standing firm, nad continues to thrive in its new environment..
Are there places you need to bend in your marriage?
'Blessed is the ma who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; ts leaves are always green.' Jeremiah - 17:7-8
