What sustains the marital bond and affections over the long haul? Our culture would have us believe that we’ve learned enough from our parents to have a good marriage.
When we find that special someone we consider our partner in life, we never consider that something might happen to make us think otherwise. For many Christians today— contemplating how they’d spend their next 50 years with someone amid several speed bumps gives them a fright, hence remaining single becomes pretty appealing.
Communication Consultant and Broadcast Journalist Rukh-Shana Namuyimba says marriage being God’s idea means only his ‘rule book’ will help.
She says the pages of His book [Bible] are woven in love – Agape love. Citing 1 Corinthians 13, Rukh-Shana explains that love can only come from a place of accepting God’s sacrificial and unconditional love.
The popular NBS Television figure while reflecting on what she has learnt from God’s Word along with her experiences in life took to social media recently sharing scripture that teaches that as we give God control of our hearts, His love will fill us and flow through us to touch other people.
“When spouses realize the futility of their efforts and acknowledge that only God can sustain marriage by showing us how to love like He has loved us do we begin to walk the beautiful journey by Grace.” She says.
She notes that despite one’s imperfections and struggle to love, God’s work in you and in your spouse is the hope you can cling to when all of life’s circumstances are changing.
“Our perception of how Jesus’ has loved us is how we will love others! Marriage is only hard work because we are ‘choosing to work at it’. If we lean into God for his love then it should come naturally for us to give what we have received.” Rukh-Shana, who adopted a baby girl early 2011 adds. “We do not marry for love. We marry because we have received love and desire to share it with that one person whom God has brought into our lives.”
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