Lord, help me not to be like the son who stayed home. Help me to rest in your grace and not my works. Help me to see that your love for me is just as strong when I'm actively nipping sin in the bud as it is when i'm at my worst.
Lord, help me to desire you above all that this world has to offer. Lord, help me to be content with your provision. Lord help my heart to say "your grace is sufficient" as easily as my mouth can.
Chelsea and her hubby did a huge prenup thing going into the wedding.
“Chelsea’s world was shattered when she learned that her father had been unfaithful to her mom,” said a source. “She’s never forgotten that pain and disappointment. Her father has always been the person she most admired, and the fact that he cheated on her mom not once, but many times, made her very gun-shy about trusting the guys she dated.”
That distrust has led to her making some interesting demands before entering into holy matrimony.
“Under the terms of of the prenup, if Marc is unfaithful, he stands to lose $10 million, including his share of the couple’s $3.8 million apartment in New York City.”
There's so much to be said about this whole situation, but i will approach it from this angle:
While i understand the world's perspective on prenuptial agreements, I will never sign one. I don't care how much money i have going into a wedding. My prenuptial agreement will be to love my wife as Christ loved the church. And by God's grace, I will love my wife as I ought to.
I wont divorce my wife and try to get half from her because Christ didn't and WILL NOT divorce the church. If the Lord does not treat me according to my sin, how can I not, by the Lord's grace, forgive my wife for however she may sin against me.
This may sound idealistic, but there is a high calling on the husband - If the Lord blesses me with a wife, I will seek to honor the Lord in how I treat her. And that treatment will, by the Lord's grace, never include divorce.
I don't want to presumptuously say what I wont do, because i don't know the depths of my own depravity, but by the Lord's grace, I can obey him - and in my obedience to him, I can love my wife as I should.
This doesn't mean that i'm not looking for certain things from a prospective lady - here is my list:
She will be:
1. A woman that will be seeking to honor the Lord in all that she does.
2. Under sound biblical teaching (mos def not gonna try to go fishing in random churches)
3. Seeking and submitting to the godly wisdom of older women in the faith.
4. ...and she will have accountability in her life.
These things in and of themselves don't mean that she will not ever seek a divorce, but i believe that a mind that has been renewed by the word of God coupled with the accountability and prayer that comes from being in regular fellowship with other believers (both means of God's grace), can keep a marriage.
