It's a good day. I'm trying harder these days to separate out events from condition... that is to say, things I consider to be "good" occurring are not what should define "a good day", but it's a good day because Jesus is alive and I've been given work to do by God. Through obedience, faith. Through faith, wisdom. But good things are happening too.
I've been thinking about your parents... it is the worldly mind which says "it was difficult for me, it should therefore be difficult for others." The Christian thinks, "I want those who come after me to have an easier time than I did." That is selflessness; giving up one's position of preeminence in the mind. Believing that your experiences should be a tool to help others do better than you, go further than you did, find greater success. The hand is open, and the soul is therefore free.
We need to pray for your parents, and love them as well as they allow, and show Christ to them in this process. I feel a great swell of encouragement from God in this. He wishes to use our marriage for His glory even more than we do. We don't "make" it happen. We listen, and allow Him to do it Himself. We get ourselves out of the way. Again, it's selflessness. This is the right springboard for a life together.
- J
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