Tuesday, February 14, 2012

A Tool in the Hands of God

"Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth." Psalm 115:1

As we groggily awoke and snuggled in bed on this cold, Valentines morning, David and I reminisced about our dating and pre-dating years. Notes we wrote each other, past Valentines celebrations, when we knew we first liked each other, the first time we held hands, past relationships, etc. When we first started dating in December 2007, David had just come out of a relationship a few months before, a relationship that he had sought after for some time but turned out to be not what God had for him, causing disappointment, confusion, and distance from God. However, God in His immense grace and His sovereign plan brought us together at that point in time and has led us faithfully until now. As we were remembering this this morning, David said to me something like, "God brought healing to me through you." I've been pondering this statement all morning. To think that I, a fallen, selfish, broken, messed-up, saved-by-grace sinner was used by God in the life of my now husband to draw him closer to his Savior is an incredible thought to say the least! One of the biggest blessings and challenges in a Christian marriage is being that "iron sharpening iron" (Proverbs 27:17), encouraging one another towards growth and more complete dependency on Christ. We are completely inadequate in ourselves to accomplish this, but praise be to God for His work in our lives! I worship Him for using me as a tool in His hands in my husband's life and I rejoice in Him for how He is using David to do the same in my life. It's a wonderful thing to witness and be a part of, something that you can take no credit for in and of yourselves, but that causes you and the world to look at your marriage and say, "Wow, only God could do that." So give thanks to our Father this Valentines Day for His grace in your life and marriage and for His kindness to make us useful instruments of blessing in His loving hands.

"Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion." Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

"For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no man may boast before God. But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as it is written, 'LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.'" 1 Corinthians 1:26-31

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