fall with the slightest wind.
God caused me to ask myself this question: “Do
you want the house that is broken in two that
needs repair in every area, or do you want the
house that needs maintenance and touch-ups
instead?”
I’m not going to pretend that there is a perfect
person out there somewhere to marry. Jesus is
the only perfect person who ever walked this
earth. So me writing this isn’t to say that we
need to wait for a flawless guy to come across
our path.
What I am saying is that there is a difference between someone who isn’t
perfect but is being transformed by
Jesus every day versus the person who is
broken and has many, many areas where
Jesus needs to heal them before they
can be whole for marriage.
Are you looking for a fixer-upper or for someone
God has already been mending and healing and
transforming?
Something my mum has told me ever since I can
remember is this: “If God is first, everything else
will fall into place.”
As Matthew 6:33 puts it, “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything
you need.”
through any storm, but if their foundation isn’t
Christ, even the slightest wind can cause that
relationship to crumble. `
Dear Jesus,
You’ve given me the analogy of
a house to help me think about
relationships. You’ve shown me
how important it is that You are
the foundation because without
that, a relationship will crumble.
Help me build on the solid Rock,
which is You. When tempted to
carry on with a relationship that
is not built on You, help me remember that it will not be able to
stand strong through the storms
of life. In Jesus’ Name.
Amen.
So do we need a perfect person? No! What we
need is someone who puts God above anyone
and anything else.
That is the foundation that will determine the
rest of that relationship.
My encouragement to you is to not settle with
the person whose foundation isn’t Christ. If their
foundation is Christ, a relationship can stand
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