Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work:
If one falls down, his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
I don’t know why I’m writing or talking about this, this week but I know one thing is for sure, God wants to put an end to the lies that have been going on in someone’s mind.
In Relationships, especially marriage relationship we often experience one storm or the other. Sometimes this might be little things which we make a big deal of (most times because we don’t have challenges).
Sometime ago, my husband told me this “I don’t have any major issues with you, it’s just this little ones that keep appearing here and there”.
And you know what if I can be sincere with you, this so called little things drive me to the edge at times. Is it because they are just little in his eyes and larger in mine, No! It is because I allow the devil taunt me, I listen to the voices in my head and they push me further and further away. I’m sure a man reading this will say it’s a feminine thing. No it’s not! Sometimes the reason we over react and have a fight is this. It happens to both men and women.
The devil’s strategy from the beginning of time hasn’t changed. See Gen. 3:1-5. I find this passage very interesting because it’s the first illustration in the Bible that shows us this strategy and secondly it happened in a family setting. And this had an eternal consequence which you and I bear today.
It was the first family, Dad had gone to work as usual leaving mum around at home to tend to things. Sure dad passed an instruction to mum, the master said “do not go near the tree” but then the enemy came drawing mum’s attention once more to the tree (Gen3:1-8) of course naturally she refuses because she has instructions not to go near the tree. But the devil persisted, explaining the details of the effect of action though an half truth which is equally a lie. And just as we Christians behave these days, Eve had a second thought and in her mind she said “It’s not really bad after all”. Before we knew it Eve had eaten the fruit and taken it to Adam and all creation had fallen.
The devil’s greatest weapon which he uses to drag us down is the power to convince us to see things his way. He pushes us to doubt, fear, regret our decision to go into our relationship/marriage just because of a present challenge.
I believe this is a word for now for some. Never give up, especially to the married ones, refuse the enemy’s word.
Believe what God says concerning marriage, this is the only TRUTH that matters.
God bless you.
– lola ezeifeoma
