Edgewater Grace

Okay, so how many of you have tried the Love Dare?  And where are you on the 40 day schedule?  I love some of the challenges inherit in the new walk.  For instance, thinking on only pure things, only wholesome things, and how I can bring more wholesome joy to my spouse is so much more exciting than anything I have ever tried before.   Greeting him kindly and warmly and letting him know above all else  he is the  most important human being to me is thrilling and downright exciting.

But, it is still hard to go to work each day and hear the selfish comments being made by so many people about their mates or their children.  I try to lighten up the mood a bit by bringing some of what I have learned in the Love Dare, but most of them don’t want to hear.  I am finding myself seeking out prayer so that the Lord can remove the selfishness of the comments from my mind, and to return my heart back to the joyfulness of that morning.

One of the girls doesn’t want a man at all.  She shared that she just plain didn’t want to have to take the time to go and see her man.  I have been married for close to 31 years, and I just don’t understand where that attitude comes from.  Another girl shared with me her need to be recognized by the man she is now dating.  She is a recent divorcee, and was worried about starting up a new relationship with a man just like the one she had just left.  The ex apparently paid her no attention at best, and treated her and her daughters with major disrespect.

But, marriage is supposed to be the earthly version of the holy relationship between God and mankind.  I want to open my associate’s minds like peeling an apple and thrust the knowlege of the Lord’s awesome love into their brains.  When I get the cold shoulder or the person ‘suddenly gets busy’ when I try to share Christ, I feel a great sense of sadness.  And a great sense of loss.  Can you imagine how Christ must feel when this kind of stuff happens?

So, I am determined to build up my own marriage by using the Love Dare and then continuing the Dare throughout the rest of my life.  That way, my kids will never have to experience the broken lifestyles that so many people have today.  If others commit to this type of lifestyle, and others see how beautiful it can really be, then they will be attracted to it and ask how we did that.  Then, we can share with them what they lack in their relationship and introduce them to Jesus.

That is the only way to be married.  And the only way to have an abundant life.  Worship Jesus.  Adore Him for his joyful and sweet abandon – He couldn’t wait to come down and rescue us.  And, if you are reading this today, and know nothing of these topics, type in the Love Dare into your search line and you’ll get to see what its all about.

Even better, if you don’t know Jesus, pray the simple prayer like this one:  Father, I have sinned.  I have hurt you in ways that I can’t even imagine, and I have not lived my life according to your ways.  I am so grateful that Jesus volunteered to die on the cross and pay the penalty for my sins.  I ask you now to come in and take up residence in my life.  Be my Savior, Lord and my King.  Take my hand and lead me into the sweet, peaceful pastures of your abundant life.  I thank you, Father for hearing my prayer and forgiving me today.  I commit to follow Jesus from this day forth, and to give Him first place in my life.  In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

So be it.  Come Lord Jesus!  🙂