Reaching Heavenward

Consecrating Ourselves

Every Marriage will have its bad days, that’s just a part of life. That doesn’t mean that your relationship or marriage is broken, in fact that means you are normal if you have rough days together. It’s not about the fact that the tough times come, it all about how we handle them, especially with our spouse. Our spouse is our greatest source of strength when we are working together with the Lord.

In our marriages we will need to make sacrifices in order to make things work. Just like the Law of Consecration we need to be totally committed to both our spouse and our Heavenly Father. Our number one priority should be our eternal companion’s happiness. We will find that as we lose our self in service and love to our husband or wife, this will bring the most joy in our lives and in our marriage. Now don’t misinterpret what I am saying, I don’t mean we can’t be our own person, who you are, and your personality is the very reason your spouse fell in love with you in the first place and we should never give that up. What I’m suggesting is that we seek out every opportunity we can to let go of our own pride, serve them with our whole hearts. Are we “all in” on our marriage? We are to devote our time, effort, and love to make our marriage work.

There have been days where I’ve felt so beaten down, so useless, so broken, and I feel like I can’t possibly do all the homework, I can’t balance being a wife and all the cleaning, I couldn’t possibly get back on my feet when things seem so bleak. But then to my surprise there is my husband with an outstretched hand pulling me back up on to my feet and into the light of Christ’s love. I know that’s not an easy task for my husband, it takes so much love, sacrifice and compassion to help me up when I am low. He could be investing his time in something else that would be so much easier and relaxing for him, but he does it because we promised to always lift and love one another. The bad days will pass just like every rain storm, but our spouse is here to stay and we must pull out the umbrella and hold each other close, for protection from the storm.