The below poem is something that ministered to me in the past and speaks to me still. It is only through my devotion and relationship with God that I can maintain a marriage that is pleasing to Him. It is by viewing others through Christ's eyes that any relationship is maintained and sustained. When I lose sight of the Lord, my relationships become solely about me. What am I receiving from this person? What is this person doing for me? When I am focused on Jesus my relationship becomes about others. What can I give to bless this person? How can I serve my husband? My friends? My family? In doing this, I bring glory to the Lord and He is able to shine and work through me.
"That I may come near to my husband, draw me nearer to Thee than to him.
That I may know my husband, make me to know Thee more than him.
That I may love my husband with the perfect love of a perfectly whole heart, cause me to love Thee more than him and most of all.
That nothing may be between me and my husband, be Thou between us, every moment.
That we may be constantly together, draw us into separate loneliness with Thyself.
And when we meet breast to breast, O God, let it be upon Thine own."
-Temple Gairdner
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