When Times are Hard

Recently (I'm sure everyone experienced at one point in their lives), my life seems to have been steadily sending me one heartache after another. For the past few months I've felt so low and I've felt whenever it started to seem to get better it was shot right back down again. Over the past few months I've felt such heartache from family death, overwhelming stress and other hardships. I've felt alone every step of the way, a distinct distance from my family and friends. However, in my loneliest and most broken hearted moments, I knew there was someone for me to lean on. There was someone who cared about my pain and would always be there for me. In my darkest moments when it felt the world had turned away, I felt God's love and knew he was with me.

" He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope."(Psalm 91:2)

I've found this to be a comfort all on its own. I know others who don't have faith and I watch them fall into such a dark place. Without God's strength and love it's hard not to become deeply depressed or in extreme cases suicidal when times get hard.

"Be content with what you have, for God has said, Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. So say with confidence, The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid." (Hebrews 13:5-6)

If you happen to be going to a rough time now, I can't tell you how much it helps to pray your fears and concerns to God. Turn over your worries and fears to God and rest easy knowing he loves you and will help you through whatever you might be going through.

Be thankful for God's love !!

Marriage Roles

In the Bible men and women are equal in God's eyes.
(Love God First!)

However in the marriage of a couple the husband should assume leadership in the home.(1 Corinthians 11:3) But when you think of the man as being the leader that doesn't mean dictatorial, abusive, condescending or patronizing to the wife. Husbands need to be the protectors, providers and leaders of their family; by doing this in a loving manner as God intended.

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word” (Ephesians 5:25-26)

With that said a wife should willingly submit to her husband. Which if she has a truly loving husband won't be hard at all, it'll be a natural response. Okay so now what does it mean for a wife to submit to her husband? Its important not to view submitting as a one time act, but as a continual behavior. It shouldn't be something women look down upon either, its a position of honor and completeness. A wife doesn't submit because she is inferior, but because that's how God designed the marital relationship to function.

“The woman was made out of Adam’s side. She was not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved.”

When a man and wife willing accept and fulfill their roles as God intended they are making a their relationship structured allowing them both to grow together under God. ♥