The Extraordinary Life of a Warrior Wife

God does new things...we get stuck in old ideas and doctrines that are irrelevant and unnecessary.  God, His Word, His principles and precepts never change, but their application does.  I love this passage in Isaiah 43 rich in God's promises to Israel.  He speaks to the organic nature of relationship with him at verses 18-21


            forget the former things;
            do not dwell on the past.
             See, I am doing a new thing!
            Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
            I am making a way in the desert
            And streams in the wasteland.


Our marriages are organic.  When you marry in your 20s things are just not the same when you are in your 60s.  We cannot depend on our mates to be 100% all the time.  Its not realistic and its not helpful.  To be happy through it all we must establish in ourselves the fundamental truth that it is God alone who can be our all in all...as individuals in a marriage relationship, ou mates were never designed to bear the load of responsibility that has been placed upon them, either by themselves, their spouses or the church!  All of us must know how to go to God to get our needs met.  


My husband and I fell in love and married in our 20s.  He loved to take care of me and I loved to be taken care of.  We did not understand the nature of interdependence and we struggled in our dynamic for many years.  And then he was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer.  After seven weeks of daily radiation, losing 40 pounds, the radiation site burning like a bad sun burn, and being generally exhausted, he need to pour his energy into just staying alive.  I felt a little lost and talked to him about that.  He said, "You are going to have to take care of yourself."  So...I did.  My personal growth was about becoming emotionally independent.  My relationship with God grew exponentially.  My dependence on Joe began to dissolve until I stood fully on my own two feet.  This was great, until he got well.  Then he was back to managing us like before and I wasn't having any of it.  New issues!!! 


We have made the adjustments necessary to be happy again in this new partnership.  The Warrior Wife understands that she is complete and whole in Christ Jesus.  She values her husband not for what he can do for her, but for who he is in Christ and celebrates the always unfolding plan God has for him.  


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