Five Minute Friday: Grow
Posted by Lindsey on Nov 18, 2011 in 5-Minute Fridays | 4 comments
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no overthinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join.
3. Go a little overboard in encouraging the writer who linked up before you
Are you ready? What are you waiting for?
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GROW
We sat in a little restaurant and I ate while she drank coffee. We shared our fears of marriage and the wondering if we could really be effective in ministry with someone by our side. Did we really need a man to do what God called us to do? Couldn’t we do it without one and be just fine? Digging deeper we saw a fear that was deep in our souls. A fear that marriage could never be for us what it is for others.
Now, happily married I sit here in awe of what God has done and see the understandable but unreasonable fears that had plagued me. And I share with a sweet friend that in the end when two people desire to grow in God all the days of their lives, their marriage will be blessed. They will both have a more effective ministry in the Lord. Whether their ministry is at their office or in a church or meeting with young people or counseling others, whether it is serving the poor, feeding the homeless, or cleaning up the city, when two people, joined in the covenant God has blessed them with desire to grow and be more like Him, their marriage will grow and so will their ministry.
Our marriages will bless our ministry, not hinder.
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What a lovely testament to your marriage. We see so much in our culture that is negative about marriage, about people who marry just shouldn’t expect much other than to argue and fight. I am so glad for you that you have discovered the joy that is possible by being married.
I too was not sure marriage was for me. Terrified my love relationship with the Lord would be forever changed. That somehow there wasn’t enough for another man and God.
Happy to report that 20 something years later we are going strong. This relationship has pushed me closer to my Eternal love in ways I would have never expected.
~Blessings
Robin
I had the same fear in regards to my love for God and loving a man. So thankful that He meets us where we are so we can be a part of His plan.
Stopping by from the Gypsy Mama.
Such truth here.
When God brings two people together, their desire is to grow in Him. And because He is the center of their union all things that stem from their togetherness will be blessed.