I know that despite feeling like there has never been a time we weren't together, my husband and I are probably still considered "new" to this whole marriage thing. I have limited experience. We are looking at 4 years, 3 homes, 2 kids, and a dog. However, even if my experience and wisdom is limited, the answers to every stage of life are easily and freely accessible to all in His Word.
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John 15, (1) I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.... (4)Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing... (11)These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. Galatians 5.22-23, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Psalm 16.11, Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. What is a negative experience or circumstance in your life that holds you back or that you believe defines you? “If it weren’t for...” “My life would be so much better / easier if...” “My life would be so much better if I had a different family. If this didn’t happen to me when I was little, if I didn’t have this illness, if we hadn’t moved, if we had more money, if .” “I could be used by God if....” “I’m this way because ____.” What is something that defines you. If it’s been allowed to define you, it hinders you. Joshua is one of my favorite books. I say that, but I have a lot of “favorite” books of the Bible. If you are unfamiliar with the story, go back and read the first four chapters of Joshua. Just an incredible account of God’s leading of Joshua, the new leader of Israel, to take them over Jordan. Joshua courageously headed the command, and in the end, Joshua and all of Israel pass through an un-crossable river on dry land. In the midst of this, a representative of each tribe of Israel is to collect a stone and they placed them in Gilgal so that the next generation would see them and ask, “What mean these stones?” They were to tell the next generation what the Lord had done for them so that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.
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