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Today's Devotional - August 14
A Lifetime of Contentment
Turning Point Ministry
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
1 Peter 3:7
Recommended Reading
Ephesians 5:22-33
John and Ann Betar were named (unofficially) as the longest married couple in the United States for 2013. As of April 13, 2013, they had been married 80 years, 139 days. When asked for the secret to their long relationship, John Betar said, "We just live with contentment and we don't live beyond our means. Just go with the flow." 1
"Living with contentment" sounds like the apostle Peter's advice to husbands: "Treat your wife as a fellow heir of the grace of life" (1 Peter 3:7, paraphrase). When two people stay married as long as the Betars, it takes more than a civil union. There has to have been a blending and bonding that epitomizes the meaning of "two becoming one" (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5). There has to be a measure of contentment by which each person is comfortable with the other's standing before God as an equal sharer in God's gifts and callings. And that doesn't happen naturally, but it can happen supernaturally.
Whatever your marital state, agree with God that relationships take work—especially those that last a lifetime.
Marriage is a perpetual test of character.
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Read-thru-the-Bible
Jeremiah 33–36
A Lifetime of Contentment
Turning Point Ministry
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
1 Peter 3:7
Recommended Reading
Ephesians 5:22-33
John and Ann Betar were named (unofficially) as the longest married couple in the United States for 2013. As of April 13, 2013, they had been married 80 years, 139 days. When asked for the secret to their long relationship, John Betar said, "We just live with contentment and we don't live beyond our means. Just go with the flow." 1
"Living with contentment" sounds like the apostle Peter's advice to husbands: "Treat your wife as a fellow heir of the grace of life" (1 Peter 3:7, paraphrase). When two people stay married as long as the Betars, it takes more than a civil union. There has to have been a blending and bonding that epitomizes the meaning of "two becoming one" (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5). There has to be a measure of contentment by which each person is comfortable with the other's standing before God as an equal sharer in God's gifts and callings. And that doesn't happen naturally, but it can happen supernaturally.
Whatever your marital state, agree with God that relationships take work—especially those that last a lifetime.
Marriage is a perpetual test of character.
Unknown
Read-thru-the-Bible
Jeremiah 33–36
