Speaking the Truth in love.

This is something I am realizing that I have much to learn about.  God has been showing me so much about how important it is to believe correctly, but I have the tendency as many do to bludgeon people with the truth instead of lovingly instructing them.  I believe as we come to better understand God’s absolute sovereignty, God will give us the meek, humble attitude of Christ to share His truth with the unregenerate. 

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.  1 Corinthians 13:1-3

I love my wife!

I’ve been learning some mindblowing things about marriage.  According to Ephesians 5, husbands are supposed to love their wives like Christ love the church and gave Himself for her so that she could be holy and blameless.  That doesn’t only mean giving up most of what I want to do, it means protecting her spiritual growth.  Making sure that she has a healthy relationship with God.  And it reinforces what I’ve been told before- that we (as husbands) are accountable to God for our family’s spiritual growth.  Not saying that we determine their eternal destiny- only God can do that- but that we listen to the Holy Spirit’s leading on how to encourage them and help them grow in their faith once they’ve surrendered to Christ.  

Great principles to live by- all from God’s Word!