Marriage Covenant

Kingdom Keys: Marriage Covenant.

Marriage Covenant is the foundation that the Family is built on. I believe that is true with every fiber of my being. So why do we see divorce rates in America that are the same across the board, in the church and out of the church? That is a question that I have prayed and prayed about for several years. I'll share with you the answer that I was given.

First, I want to digress and explain that my wife Holly and I have been married for over sixteen years, we have three wonderful children, and are not wealthy according to the worlds standards. We have faced many challenges during our marriage including; being rear ended three times, being hit head-on twice, hit broadsided twice, and homeless once. I spent seven years in Law Enforcement as a State Trooper, and a short time as a Deputy Sheriff on patrol as I watched the twin towers destroyed. We even relocated our entire family from our home in Littleton Colorado to Canal Winchester Ohio to attend a big mega Church's Bible College, only to see that Mr. Fancy Pastor was not walking in covenant, and that there were activities going on at the Church and the Bible College that did not line up with scripture. We were overwhelmingly dissappointed.

I said all this not to impress you or make you feel sad for us, but to impress upon you that Holly and I have been through the fire and have a little bit of life experience. We have had plenty of reasons to quit on our Marriage Covenant, and get a divorce. But through all this we just decided not to quit. It goes to the fact that when we say I Do, it is not to please our families, it is a Marriage Covenant between; husband, wife, and God. The answer that I was given after all this time in prayer is that the divorce rates are the same because we as a society (the believers and the non- believers alike) have forgotten that Love is the greatest force in the world. Love is patient, love is kind, love is not SELFISH. The answer that I got was that we are Selfish. I know, ouch! But think about it, the majority of the disagreements that we have are because we are focused on our point of view, our needs, our wants, our desires. What if we put others first? What if it wasn't always about us? By the way, it is not about us, and it never will be!

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