a Sacrificing Love – washed by the word.
So I am getting married in less than 2 months! I’m so amped out of my skin, it’s not even funny!
A question I’ve been asking everyday of my life the last few years – ‘What is church?’ – is finally starting to make sense…
God gave met the most amazing opportunity out of his awesome grace, to learn from Him – ‘What is church’…
This piece I read in the Bible really makes me excited and I can’t wait for the journey that we call ‘marriage’
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.t28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,30 because we are members of his body.31 ”Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Ephesians 5:25-33
oh…and this is my lovely fiance by the way…
I’ve been married almost 19 years and it is an amazing adventure. Blessings on you as you strive to love your wife like Christ loves the church! And speaking of one flesh living after marriage, check out Charlie Peacock” “Kiss me like a Woman” (itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-life/id49789138)
wow! thank you for sharing this with me!
blessings with your marriage as well! keep seeking God and growing towards Him.
bless your heart!