Comments on: First Love http://www.sherimueller.com/2008/08/22/first-love/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: admin http://www.sherimueller.com/2008/08/22/first-love/#comment-22 admin Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:50:59 +0000 http://www.sherimueller.com/?p=32#comment-22 Thank you for your words of encouragement. It's good to know what God lays on my heart is touching others. Yes, keep your focus on your First Love and he will guide you toward loving your husband, even when he's unloveable. And, pray for your husband's discontentment. Ask God to refilter his lenses to take them off looking at things from a wordly perspective and bring contentment to his life. Thank you for your words of encouragement. It’s good to know what God lays on my heart is touching others.

Yes, keep your focus on your First Love and he will guide you toward loving your husband, even when he’s unloveable. And, pray for your husband’s discontentment. Ask God to refilter his lenses to take them off looking at things from a wordly perspective and bring contentment to his life.

]]> By: Amy http://www.sherimueller.com/2008/08/22/first-love/#comment-20 Amy Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:33:45 +0000 http://www.sherimueller.com/?p=32#comment-20 I needed this article. Thanks so much! I could say the same things about my husband that you said about yours. Our marriage started out VERY rocky and although I was tempted many times to bail out, I made a very conscious decision to trust God and cling to Him and not give up. I learned how to pray effectively for my husband, myself, and my marriage and have seen great things happen--unbelievable things, in fact! I find myself more in love with my husband now than ever. (and consequently, more in love with Jesus Christ than ever!) He proved to me that when I DO delight myself in the Lord, He really DOES give me the desires of my heart! All that being said, today has been a bad day. My husband is in a funk right now for various reasons...not content with where we live, his career, where the kids are going to school, etc etc etc. It seems like when I am enjoying tremendous peace with God, my husband is "jealous" or something because he doesn't have that peace in his own relationship with God, so he has to get me all upset so I will be miserable with him. As soon as he sees me get upset, it's like he is happy again. All day long I've been thinking "How do I keep my peace and joy while being married to someone who is so discontent all the time?" I think your post has answered this: focus on my First Love. I needed this article. Thanks so much! I could say the same things about my husband that you said about yours. Our marriage started out VERY rocky and although I was tempted many times to bail out, I made a very conscious decision to trust God and cling to Him and not give up. I learned how to pray effectively for my husband, myself, and my marriage and have seen great things happen–unbelievable things, in fact! I find myself more in love with my husband now than ever. (and consequently, more in love with Jesus Christ than ever!) He proved to me that when I DO delight myself in the Lord, He really DOES give me the desires of my heart!
All that being said, today has been a bad day. My husband is in a funk right now for various reasons…not content with where we live, his career, where the kids are going to school, etc etc etc. It seems like when I am enjoying tremendous peace with God, my husband is “jealous” or something because he doesn’t have that peace in his own relationship with God, so he has to get me all upset so I will be miserable with him. As soon as he sees me get upset, it’s like he is happy again. All day long I’ve been thinking “How do I keep my peace and joy while being married to someone who is so discontent all the time?” I think your post has answered this: focus on my First Love.

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