This past year has been one of the most thrilling, passionate and challenging years of my life, seeing as one year ago I married the love of my life, Katie. Along this past year, I’ve come to realize in even greater ways than ever before the importance of living in perfect harmony with your spouse. Although we may have our times of fighting about ridiculous things that in the end don’t matter, or don’t see eye to eye on a problem, I am always captivated by a feeling, or a call from a voice within me, that will do whatever it takes to restore peace between us.
When I think about it, it really should come to no surprise to any of us that we have this inward desire for relationships and for doing whatever is possible to keep them healthy. We don’t have to look any farther than the story of Adam and Eve to see that even before The Fall, God saw the need for a helpmate for Adam, therefore God created Eve. It’s a wonderful reminder to us that the longing is something that is pure and holy and whispered directly from the heart of God.
The other type of relationship (or relationships) that have come to the surface through this first year of marriage has been the longing for close friendships with those that we want to share life with. Both my wife and I have felt the challenge to go out and forge those friendships that are formed now but will last a lifetime.
WhenI look at how this voice calling out to us effects the way we worship I look at modern worship songs and I see lots of songs that are focused on the personal relationship that we have with Jesus. I see songs like “The More I Seek You” and “Your Love is Extravagant” as being songs that are speaking to the intimacy in the relationship that we have with Christ. Those types of songs are great and I feel bring about some great one on one time with the Lord.
It’s my prayer for my own walk through life to continue to listen to the voice and answer the call for deeper more meaningful relationships. I pray that along the journey your heart would also be stirred to something deeper.
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