Keeping Your Foundation Strong

All year long my Pastor has been teaching us the importance of having good strong foundations. I was meditating this week on things we've learned and I started thinking about the importance of a good foundation. What does a good foundation provide? A good foundation provides stability to our house. In the Bible Jesus says a wise man that obeys him is likened to a man that builds his house on a Rock.
Matthew 7:24-27
24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

We know that Rock is Jesus. So as married couples Jesus of course is the best foundation to build upon, simply because He provides us with stability and security through our relationship with Him and our obedience to His Word. If we disobey him by doing our own thing, well then we chip away at the very Rock that helps keep us strong.

One area that can begin to chip away at our marriage foundation if we let them, is out of control feelings. Remember that song...Feelings oh oh oh feelings! Feelings are so wonderful! Right?! Well...they are but in marriage and even in life they can be your best friends or your worst enemies if they are not accompanied by, some gentleness and self control. Galatians 5:23
..gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Example..it's Christmas time right? If you and your husband plan to buy gifts you both have sat down and come up with a budget right?! I mean a good budget so when January comes your lights and gas won't be cut off because you've lost your minds shopping right?! Yes a budget, so you all will still be able to eat what you want to in 2010 instead of having to eat what you have to!LOL!!! Sorry I have loved ones that are on this vicious cycle and I don't want you to get on it, and if you are on it go look yourself in the mirror and say these words to yourself, "Christmas is about Jesus, and my friends and family KNOW that I love them whether I buy them a gift or not."
Ok so husband you are out shopping and man there is this bangin Dallas Cowboys golf club that you have to have that you know will bust your budget but you get it anyway because it makes you feel good just thinking about owning it! You go home and the wife starts adding up the receipts. A discussion about it starts and then for some reason before you know it, somebody has just gone from 0-10 in 5 seconds flat. Now for others that have learned to control their emotions a little better they may go from 0-3 and then eventually down to 0. I want to encourage you all through out this Christmas Season and for the coming New Year, ask God to help you communicate your feelings of disappointment, frustration, anger, etc..in a more godly way. Decide in advance how you will handle, talk, and address potentially stressful situations in your marriage. I say decide because having a made up mind is way better than just letting your feelings get out of hand and start chipping away at your foundation.

God richly bless each of your marriages and may God be glorified through our lives and homes! Love and Blessings to you all in abundance!!! (-:

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