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Post by vin on Jul 28, 2008 10:01:32 GMT -5
That's good Giants. It made me think of one thing in particular while I was reading it..l.....People hear what they want to hear. They hear what they are listening for.
I'm one of the ones that I can say has been taught a lot of God about marriage one on one. He has used many unsual circumstances to speak to me about him. My biggest stumbling block has been that I figured since God was teaching me so much, almost as if I was on a crash course, that I thought meant my husband was around the next corner and he wasn't.
Oh and that other thing you said struck me too....that God would show them the TYPE, NOT THE ACTUAL MAN. I think I stumbled over that one too real big. So I'm glad you mentioned that in your post.
I must say the word of God was rich yesterday at church. It gave me just what I needed. And then God came along and refreshed me in my sleep last night.
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Post by giantsdodie on Jul 28, 2008 10:05:48 GMT -5
Dont you just LOVE That !!!
mmmm mmmmmm Jesus
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Post by vin on Jul 28, 2008 18:29:03 GMT -5
Yes! And I really appreciate it.
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Post by vin on Jul 28, 2008 22:05:04 GMT -5
I know a couple right now who just got married within the last year. She's in her sixties and it was her first marriage. He's I believe in his seventies and this is his third marriage. (that's a whole nother thread right there!)
But already they are separated. Some of her family was concerned about her house. She never sold it. This is a woman who has been single all her life. She's been living saved. Had a GOOD job. Retired from it. Bought a beautiful house, PAID IT OFF all while single. In ministry. The whole nine. Got married to a man of another denomination and all of a sudden she can't wear jewelry. She's going to church on Saturdays instead of Sunday. She's moved from a big beautiful home with a yard she loved to work in to another city in a house with no yard. She's away from her family. Next thing you know she's back at her house. Working in the yard again. Asking for the jewelry back that she gave away after he said no jewelry.
So how old is too old? You're never too old to get married. You're never too old to marry for the wrong reasons. You're never too old to marry the WRONG person. This marriage tells me you're never too old to think about purpose and destiny in any area. As long as you're alive God can use you and if you marry someone just for companionship alone the work God still has for you to do can be hindered, even in your 60's and beyond.
Honestly I feel that if companionship, love, friendship, etc are enough reason to get married in your 60's or 70's then it's reason enough for me to be married in my 40's. But that's obviously not the case.
Men in their 80's are still touching children inappropriately. Ask me how I know! So if they're not too old to act a fool and molest babies, nobody's too old to marry for the right reason, GOD'S WILL. I sure would hate to live my life into my old age and finally get married and then find out I married a fool.
Cause ain't no fool like...... y'all already know.
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Post by nina2 on Jul 28, 2008 23:42:36 GMT -5
I believe that, as you mentioned, very often, what is lacking is not the sound teachings, it is the willingness to learn and to remain "teachable".
The ultimate trap, imho, is if we (general!) ever allow ourselves to think that we got it, that we know enough. If/when that happens, and it can be very subtle, then our ears and eyes are shut, and we can't receive anymore.
It does not mean that God is through with us, far from it. What we (general...) don't realize is when this happens, we slip into that way of thinking, we are the ones putting ourselves back into "learning the hard way". And that can happen at any age...
My take on this is to age gracefully, we need to age grace-fully.
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