We Made It To 10 Years?!?!

I still can't believe we just celebrated our 10th year of marriage ( it only feels like 5)!!! There was a time when I didn't think we were going to make it to the third year! When you have two strong personalities learning to become one, that doesn't always happen smoothly. The enemy was using our ' storming stage '  to convince us that we made a mistake... we married the wrong person. We were going to be miserable the rest of our  lives, trapped together.  THE DEVIL IS A LIAR !!!! Ten years later I am a blessed woman to love Ernst Cochy in such a special way and to be loved by him. Has our relationship been perfect ... NOT EVEN CLOSE  ... LOL ( it is a good place when you can laugh at challenges past). But it is continually in progressive progress, literally as the bible promises "from glory to glory".  

After 10 years of marriage, what would I say to a married couple, an engaged couple, single person that will one day marry? : 

Keep Jesus in the center of your marriage: Trust Him and Listen to Him! God has the best interest of you individually, your spouse individually and your marriage as a whole;  all at the same time. God would never tell you anything to hurt you or put you in a bad position. He will tell you things that will require you to put your flesh down, challenge you. However, you must know and trust His purest intent is to place all parties involved in the best possible position to grow to a higher level together.  As you tap into His grace (supernatural ability) He will do what you can't do on your own in your relationship. This is what it means to trust God!

Be ready to change!  Your marriage is the main conduit God will use to refine you. Husbands are commanded to love their  wives as Christ loves the church. Wives are commanded to submit to their own husbands as unto The Lord. These directives require a high level of sacrifice, commitment, forgiveness and patience that you can not experience in any other relationship except marriage. You can not remain the same when you are called to grow! 

Decide to be committed! Committed to the covenant; committed to loving deeper, committed to figuring out how to be happy together! 

I love you with the most sincerest love ...until next time!