- Apr 5, 2004
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I don't really see any joy in being single. I am glad you can, songs, but for me it is at best a duty I must do/undergo.
I write devotionals, and that too is merely a duty. I do my very best to pour any encouragement, faith, or knowledge I have been given into them. But it doesn't really bring me any joy. I sometimes feel satisfaction or the pride of a job well done, but not really joy. It is like the passage that states "we are poor servants we have only done our duty" I don't think I should feel anything special from just doing the job God has given me.
I think in a marriage relationship we can't help but draw closer to God if we are following His commands. One of those commands is to love our wives as Jesus loves the church. That is a deep passionate love and by experiencing such love we will understand Jesus much better. I also think that by learning to put our spouse first and think more of her/his needs we will learn to be more humble and better servants.
I would say more, but I am tired and not sure I can express myself very well at this point.
Perhaps Joy os a strong word but there is a measure of happiness because Jesus fills me with a dependancy upon Him for happines rather than a woman. This means I am free to be my self with Christ's help and so hopefully more able to love someone and accept the times when I do not recieve it, with more ease than if I could only be happy with her shwing me love.
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