Friday 4 November 2011

THE COVENANT OF MARRIAGE

I  must say that i'm very blest in my marriage. Lorine and i have two wonderful sons aged 16 (almost!) and 13 and a bit. I've known my wife a total of 20 years now. With each passing year, we grow closer to each other.

There are many things we do not agree upon but we respect each other's individuality in our oneness!
For example, she loves to stay focussed on Catholic teachings but i worship both in the Catholic church as well as other churches (whenever the spirit leads me). Since i'm seen alone in such prayer meetings, a couple of 'brothers' and 'sisters' have gone to the extent of preaching to me about how i should be the 'head' and not the 'tail' of the family (meaning, i should make my wife come with me for the meetings!). God bless them as they do not understand how strong our bond really is!

Today, i would like to share what i know about the word 'COVENANT'. In the old days, covenant meant a promise that could not be broken. It was sealed with the mingling of blood. A covenant meant that two parties involved in the pledge or commitment to carry out what was agreed upon, would sacrifice an animal and would keep the two halves apart from each other and then pass between them. This was to remind each other that they were under A SERIOUS oath!

To better understand 'covenant', take the example of a farmer who is exploited by someone stronger than him. He employs a fighter to protect him. In exchange, the farmer agrees to give him a portion of the farm produce.

A covenant involves the elimination of weaknesses through complimenting each other. Marriage is also a covenant blest by God on his altar. When the parties involved in a covenant of marriage 'die to self', the doors of God's storehouse of blessings is thrown open!

MAKE A 'GOOD' MARRIAGE 'BETTER' BY BEING A GOD CHASER AND BLESSINGS WILL CHASE YOU AND OVERTAKE YOU!

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