Marriage of the Heart

In today's segment, we are talking about motives. Yes, motives! Our intent and motives have everything to do with the structure of our marriages. Listen at what the Bible says:

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it. . . says Jeremiah 18:9; so if the holy scriptures gives us this account of the reality of one's heart, it is imperative that we take a closer look at our real motives concerning our marriages.

When we enter into the bond of Holy Matrimony with motives that are not true and sincere, we jeopardize the welfare of the other party. Marring for money, pregnancies, to get out of the house, sex , and many others is not a good enough reason to take this life-long journey!

Although thousands of marriages exist just on those afore mentioned reasons alone, the results can be damaging and more important, irreversible! If your reason for marriage is not of the heart, you are actually deceiving the other individual. Further, in that same chapter of Jeremiah, tells us that it is the Lord who searches the heart and gives every person according to his/her ways. Jeremiah 17:10. That's gotta make you stop and think!

Nevertheless, with the right motives and intents, we enter into our marital relationships with the understanding that marriage is not a Philosophy, as some theologians would like for you to believe. It is the foundational way of life that God has ordained and set forth in His word for the man and woman who from the heart has committed themselves to each other in a life-time relationship, called marriage, and whether you accept it or not, it is God's way!

What's the message today? . . . .are you willing to take the chance of telling God he's wrong? . . . or will you take heed to the scriptures. It's really your choice. Motives of the heart, and self examination tells the real story. Is your marriage of the heart? Ask yourself! The Lord already knows!

God loves you! This is your day . . . Be Blessed!