For the mature only!
Mature in heart, mind, and spirit. You've been warned.
Biblical subject matter that is often overlooked in the church.
As Elise and I have traveled this "vale" together these last 46 years we have been asked many times, "How did you make it so long together"?
The answer is simple: Never let "any" of the aspects of True Love fail.
What are these aspects?
1. Verbal True Love. The art of speaking Love to your spouse.
2. Active True Love. The art of doing Loving things.
3. The thoughts of Love. "As a man thinks in his heart so is
he". Thinking thoughts of True Love towards your spouse
will turn into actions and words of Love.
4. Attitude of True Love. Attitudes are decisions that have already
been made. For every attitude there is the "like" response.
5. Motive of True Love. Now here is one of the most important
aspects. Spouses always seem to question the "why or
what for?" of the application to ensure True Love. They
know that if there is any "self gratification" attached to any
of the aspects then True Love isn't the real reason, just an
excuse to "get something".
One of our therapist at the Mayo Clinic (a young woman) who was getting married asked Elise and I what the secret was to our successful marriage? The answer was "you never let True Love die", you "keep it alive". She looked fascinated that the answer was so simple. Whatever you do in the beginning do all through your life together and True Love will continue to grow.
True Love only die's when no one tries!
Or one or both give up on being "infatuated".
Remember when you first started "going out?"
Remember when you couldn't wait to see each other?
Remember when your heart sunk when you couldn't spend
time together no matter what the reason?
Remember the agony of "going home" at the curfew time?
How about those hugs, sweeter than cherry pie kisses, and the smell of her hair?
Ok, so for many of you I am disseminating into the physical side of True Love.
Well believe it or not that was (and should still be) a very important factor in Tue Love's continuance. Believer or non believer that's God's design (for procreation) to get things started and to keep it going. I think it's perfect that God designed that much enjoyment only to "carrying on" His progeny.
"Becoming one" is the sum of: spirit + mind + soul + and body. If one is missing then "we have a problem".
Many believers have a problem with any affirmation of "and body".
Did you know that "becoming one" "defrauding not one another" breaks Satan's power of temptation over you?
1 Cor 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
1 Cor 7:4
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Humble instructions for those who wish to become one. I can with assurety say this: You have "reserved" yourselves for each other till death do you part, so spend every time together "mastering" one another. Remember the servant parable? He who is servant is greatest of all? If you serve one another "selflessly", for the others gain, every time, there will be no need for "power over the others body" to come into play.
A pure, selfless, True Love (Unconditional Love) "shared" between spouses will produced some of the best "benefit's" of countenance and spirit that can be gained in this life.
Here are a few:
A true smile.
Radiant countenance.
Joy unspeakable.
A spiritually produced glow.
Less complaint.
A sense of completeness.
Not sorry to say that this is God's design for the becoming one process.
Now does this become ineffective as we get older? Not at all! What about if this is no longer in play? Start playing that tune again. Start with the 5 points shown above as a precursor. Who can resist that?
Again remember "in the beginning"? Nothing has changed except you! Age has nothing to do with it. Showing and receiving True Love does.
That's why I am ending with this song. When it first came out several of our children mentioned that they wrote a song about us. Compliment accepted!
As Mikey (on the old Life cereal commercial) would say: "try it you'll like it."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nADTbWQof7Y
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