Make Us One

In our Marriage Prayer class, this weeks chapter is about Worship in our marriage.  Many of us go to church on Sundays and truly believe one day is enough.  I am learning through many different branches how one day is not enough.  I'm reading a Christian fiction series and the characters show how God is the center of their lives at all times.  Not one day a week.  I took what I learned from that book and began implementing it into my own life.  I began to see results immediately.  I was including God into more and more of my daily routine.  Before I began reading, I was already beginning to spend time in the Bible daily (or at least try to).  God was showing me on a constant basis how to worship Him through my entire day, how to worship Him in my life.  In the "marriage prayer"  one line is, "make us one like you are three in one."  That particular line is ringing more and more in my heart and God is showing me exactly what that means to Him. 
God created us so we would worship Him in every aspect of our lives.  Society has shown us this is not the way of the world and we push it farther and farther from our daily routines.  As Christians, we know our God is not of this world, and we need to worship Him as such.  When we take the time to realize how big and powerful God is, we should stand in awe. 
The chapter also reminds us we should, "Live each moment in light of the presence and lordship of God."
(p 112, Morley and Delk)  Admittedly in the beginning this task may seem daunting and difficult.  As I have also learned in church about practice:  it makes permanent.  Continue to practice this, eventually it will become a permanent part of our lives.  Aiding us in our goal of worshipping God on a constant basis. 
Dan and I have probably fell on more hard times than good recently.  In the past, we would wonder why God would do this to us.  Blaming Him blindly yet harshly.  Since we both got saved a few months ago, we are now learning how God uses difficult times in our lives to help us be the people He wants.  We are learning we need to glorify Him in both high and low moments.  When we do this, we get stronger each time.  Building our spiritual muscle, making us excellent fighters in the Lord's army.  Spending more time in the scriptures, we are building our armour to fight the good fights and win. 
I won't lie.  We are growing weary of the fight and the struggles endured.  We have remembered more times now than in our past, how to glorify God, we can feel ourselves growing in strength and in faith. 
Worshipping God needs to be the center of our lives, the center of our existence, the center of our marriage.
Learning this has played a great part in maintaining and building a better level of respect for my husband.  I fall into old habits quickly, and God yanks me out safely before my head goes under.  God guides my heart and my head and mouth follow.  Ultimately this creates a better environment in our household alltogether.  My husband is not berated and beat down.  I turn to him, showing him I need him to need God.  He is learning quicker than I imagined, though not as quickly as I would like.  I'm also reminded it's out of my control.  God is handling our marriage. 

One Good Thing My Husband Did:  Thanked me for having his dinner ready when he got home really late from work.