COVID-19 and Your Marriage: START
In my book 7 Secrets to an Awesome Marriage, the second secret is START. Last week we talked about the first secret: Stop. Stop the insanity. Our next secret is then to START. It is all about pursuing God together. Each of us have our own personal relationship with God but what about the two of you together?
If we look back to the first marriage between Adam and Eve when they lived in the Garden of Eden, we get our model of what “starting” looks like. At that time, it was just the three of them: Adam, Eve, and God. They had God all to themselves. He provided and cared for them. He spent time with them. He gave them guidance and instruction. He had a plan for them. He was all in with their marriage. Thousands of years later, that is the same design He has for your marriage. He wants it to be the three of you. Sure, we have to share Him now, but God can handle that. God has a plan for your marriage and the first thing He wants is a relationship with the two of you together.
Today is a perfect time to begin this pursuit. As individuals we worry, we have fears, we are anxious, we don’t know what tomorrow will bring, and we know for sure that we have no control over anything. God is there for us as individuals. He always has been and always will be, but His best design for relationship in this life is with your spouse, and that relationship is at its best when it is the three of you: husband, wife, and God. For Nancy and me there is something very special in the relationship we have with God in our marriage. We know that with God at the center of our marriage, we can weather any storm or virus that we encounter. God brings peace and confidence into our marriage that is truly miraculous. It’s there for Nancy and me and it is there for the two of you. Is there anything keeping you from starting that journey together with God today?
Next Steps:
Together invite God into your marriage. It is not complicated. Just hold hands and say God help us START putting you at the center of our marriage every day beginning today.
Open the YouVersion App on your phone. Go to Plans, then to Find Plans. Put my name in the search and pick one of our 40 plans to begin together.
Pray for each other every day.
Pray together every day. Don’t overthink this one. You can either pray silently, out loud, say the Lord’s Prayer. You can either pray standing, kneeling, or laying down - God just wants to hear from you.
Be consistent every day for 30 days and see what God does!