Marrying Christ
This probably sounds like one of the craziest things you've ever heard.. "Marrying Christ." Like okay, Jordan, have you gone crazy?? Not entirely. Some people really don't get the concept of falling in love with Jesus. And I used to be one of them. You may or may not find it a weird concept. But its something we really need to grasp.
My whole entire life relationships have been extremely important to me. I put so much significance on especially my romantic relationships, as a lot of us do. Can you relate? Probably. We go through different stages including the fairytale stage, the "I don't need a man/" stage, and the realistic stage when it comes to romantic relationships. However, there is always something online about relationships, hence this blog. We put so much significance on who we marry and who we date. Now tell me, how significant is your relationship with Christ? Answer these questions:
1. When was the last time you thought about Christ?
2. When was the last time you thought about that guy?
3. When did you pray last?
4. When did you text that guy/girl last or talk on the phone?
5. Are your plans geared towards God's will? Your will? Or whatever will get you another phone call, date, text, etc?
6. When you wake up and before you go to sleep, what is the last thing you do? Pray or text?
7. When did you last tell Jesus you loved Him?
8. When was the last time you fell in love with Jesus? Have you ever?
The point is that we put so much thought into guys and not enough into Christ. IM GUILTY OF IT. At one time, my life was all about Cory. Cory reigned in my heart over God. As many of you know, me and Cory broke up last summer. If you're wondering why.. There ya go. Nosey people! Lol. Totally kidding. (I'm an open book) I let Cory become the King of my heart. That's not his place. That's Christ's place. So I had to take the time to give that back to Christ. Once I gave my relationship situation to Him, it all fell into place. He healed my heart in so many ways, but that's another story.
Not only do we put extreme importance on boys, but we OBSESS over marriage!! Better yet... Rings. Yes, I am one of them! It used to be to the point where all I could do was think about getting engaged. I hated seeing other people getting engaged because it wasn't me. Don't lie to yourself and say you've never been jealous.
When we get married, we are giving a vow to give everything to our husbands. To be his help mate. And that's just what we are. We are each others help mate. WE DO NOT COMPLETE EACH OTHER. I REPEAT WE DO NOT COMPLETE EACH OTHER. Husband and wife simply compliment each other. Who is the only one who can complete you? Christ. Duh.
We all want to be complete so how do we "Marry Christ?"
At my church, my aunt Tammy and I host a girls Bible study for teens. Recently, we got purity rings. Yes, I'm 21 years old and I really do not participate in that. But it got me thinking, I'm giving my body to Him, but He has given me so much. What else can I do? Like I said before, when we get married we give our husbands everything, so why not give Christ everything? I had recently read in another blog where a woman bought herself a ring. Well, I had a purity ring coming in.. I obsess over marriage to Cory, so why not "Marry Christ?" In the Bible, it says that we are the bride of Christ. Now, in our future marriages we look for someone who is as Christ-like as possible. So when I say "marrying Christ" I mean submitting to Him, just as we would our husbands. We should give Christ not only our bodies, but our hearts, minds and time to Him. If we submit our time to Him while we are single, its easier for us to live and submit ourselves to Him during engagement and marriage. And will ultimately produce a guaranteed more joyful marriage. ( I say joyful, because happiness depends on circumstances. You can have joy in the worst of times.)
By "marrying Christ" we agree to vow our life to Him. Meaning no more random relationships, no more putting a boy in front of Christ, and practicing and giving our love to the one who gave it all for us. Once we dedicate our lives to or "marry Christ," we learn how to love Him and in return how to love ourselves and our future husbands.
MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT CHRIST. We do this by being pure, having adequate communication (I pray any time of the day, randomly!! But especially in my car!), spending time with Him and having Him at the center of every decision, everything about our life. We need to learn that God is always first. Before our boyfriends, fiancés, or our husbands.
Once we can submit to Him as a single and stick with it, we can have a better relationship as engaged or married. Christ is our beloved. But you must wait on Him to send us someone who loves us unconditionally and will respect the decision of dedicating your life to Him. You are Christ's and no one else's.
"Marrying Christ" is a concept I take very seriously. When I took that vow of purity, I did more than that. I married Christ. I am His bride. He is the King of my heart now and forever, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer. Why would you not want to celebrate the greatest thing ever?? He is perfect!! He will never disappoint you!! He will test you. But its because He loves you. He loves you more than any man can.
One night I had a dream. I was walking down the aisle and there He was at the end. We were in a beautiful church. But there were no people there... That was literally the end of the dream. I woke up the next morning and I thought really hard about what that all meant and then it just hit me. Christ is all that matters. We search and search and search for the perfect man, but Christ is PERFECT. No man will ever do for you what Christ has done. He died for you. You never have to change Him. He is all you need. You have to give Him to take your relationship situation and then focus on the most important relationship there is.. Your relationship with Christ. He already loves you! Now you need to fall in love with Him and put in as much plus some effort into your relationship with Him.
CHALLENGE:
So I challenge you... If you are single.. Boyfriend or not.. Go buy you a ring. A sterling silver ring. Doesn't have to be real diamonds, doesn't have to have diamonds at all. Just something that reminds you, you are Christ's. One day Cory will have to take my ring off, place it on my other hand and then put my new one on. Give Him your time. Talk to Him. Wake up and say "Good morning, Lord!" and thank Him for letting you wake up and everything you have. Have quiet time where you just talk to Him and study His word every day. You will be amazed at what He does in your life and how it makes you feel. You owe that to Him. Two purposes we all share include spreading God's word and giving Him the honor and glory to everything we do.
My whole entire life relationships have been extremely important to me. I put so much significance on especially my romantic relationships, as a lot of us do. Can you relate? Probably. We go through different stages including the fairytale stage, the "I don't need a man/" stage, and the realistic stage when it comes to romantic relationships. However, there is always something online about relationships, hence this blog. We put so much significance on who we marry and who we date. Now tell me, how significant is your relationship with Christ? Answer these questions:
1. When was the last time you thought about Christ?
2. When was the last time you thought about that guy?
3. When did you pray last?
4. When did you text that guy/girl last or talk on the phone?
5. Are your plans geared towards God's will? Your will? Or whatever will get you another phone call, date, text, etc?
6. When you wake up and before you go to sleep, what is the last thing you do? Pray or text?
7. When did you last tell Jesus you loved Him?
8. When was the last time you fell in love with Jesus? Have you ever?
The point is that we put so much thought into guys and not enough into Christ. IM GUILTY OF IT. At one time, my life was all about Cory. Cory reigned in my heart over God. As many of you know, me and Cory broke up last summer. If you're wondering why.. There ya go. Nosey people! Lol. Totally kidding. (I'm an open book) I let Cory become the King of my heart. That's not his place. That's Christ's place. So I had to take the time to give that back to Christ. Once I gave my relationship situation to Him, it all fell into place. He healed my heart in so many ways, but that's another story.
Not only do we put extreme importance on boys, but we OBSESS over marriage!! Better yet... Rings. Yes, I am one of them! It used to be to the point where all I could do was think about getting engaged. I hated seeing other people getting engaged because it wasn't me. Don't lie to yourself and say you've never been jealous.
When we get married, we are giving a vow to give everything to our husbands. To be his help mate. And that's just what we are. We are each others help mate. WE DO NOT COMPLETE EACH OTHER. I REPEAT WE DO NOT COMPLETE EACH OTHER. Husband and wife simply compliment each other. Who is the only one who can complete you? Christ. Duh.
We all want to be complete so how do we "Marry Christ?"
At my church, my aunt Tammy and I host a girls Bible study for teens. Recently, we got purity rings. Yes, I'm 21 years old and I really do not participate in that. But it got me thinking, I'm giving my body to Him, but He has given me so much. What else can I do? Like I said before, when we get married we give our husbands everything, so why not give Christ everything? I had recently read in another blog where a woman bought herself a ring. Well, I had a purity ring coming in.. I obsess over marriage to Cory, so why not "Marry Christ?" In the Bible, it says that we are the bride of Christ. Now, in our future marriages we look for someone who is as Christ-like as possible. So when I say "marrying Christ" I mean submitting to Him, just as we would our husbands. We should give Christ not only our bodies, but our hearts, minds and time to Him. If we submit our time to Him while we are single, its easier for us to live and submit ourselves to Him during engagement and marriage. And will ultimately produce a guaranteed more joyful marriage. ( I say joyful, because happiness depends on circumstances. You can have joy in the worst of times.)
By "marrying Christ" we agree to vow our life to Him. Meaning no more random relationships, no more putting a boy in front of Christ, and practicing and giving our love to the one who gave it all for us. Once we dedicate our lives to or "marry Christ," we learn how to love Him and in return how to love ourselves and our future husbands.
MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT CHRIST. We do this by being pure, having adequate communication (I pray any time of the day, randomly!! But especially in my car!), spending time with Him and having Him at the center of every decision, everything about our life. We need to learn that God is always first. Before our boyfriends, fiancés, or our husbands.
Once we can submit to Him as a single and stick with it, we can have a better relationship as engaged or married. Christ is our beloved. But you must wait on Him to send us someone who loves us unconditionally and will respect the decision of dedicating your life to Him. You are Christ's and no one else's.
"Marrying Christ" is a concept I take very seriously. When I took that vow of purity, I did more than that. I married Christ. I am His bride. He is the King of my heart now and forever, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer. Why would you not want to celebrate the greatest thing ever?? He is perfect!! He will never disappoint you!! He will test you. But its because He loves you. He loves you more than any man can.
One night I had a dream. I was walking down the aisle and there He was at the end. We were in a beautiful church. But there were no people there... That was literally the end of the dream. I woke up the next morning and I thought really hard about what that all meant and then it just hit me. Christ is all that matters. We search and search and search for the perfect man, but Christ is PERFECT. No man will ever do for you what Christ has done. He died for you. You never have to change Him. He is all you need. You have to give Him to take your relationship situation and then focus on the most important relationship there is.. Your relationship with Christ. He already loves you! Now you need to fall in love with Him and put in as much plus some effort into your relationship with Him.
CHALLENGE:
So I challenge you... If you are single.. Boyfriend or not.. Go buy you a ring. A sterling silver ring. Doesn't have to be real diamonds, doesn't have to have diamonds at all. Just something that reminds you, you are Christ's. One day Cory will have to take my ring off, place it on my other hand and then put my new one on. Give Him your time. Talk to Him. Wake up and say "Good morning, Lord!" and thank Him for letting you wake up and everything you have. Have quiet time where you just talk to Him and study His word every day. You will be amazed at what He does in your life and how it makes you feel. You owe that to Him. Two purposes we all share include spreading God's word and giving Him the honor and glory to everything we do.
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