Mistake??

 My wife and I were at a wedding recently and had a conversation with another fellow attendee. He was telling us how he built his own home. I told him that I could not do such a thing as I would make to many mistakes, and cause bigger problems. I would rather call the professionals who have the right tools and knowledge for the job. 

Then he started off listing all things that you can make mistakes at. Rehabbing your house. Fixing or rebuilding a classic car. Installing this thing or that thing. He had a whole list going. Then he said something that was absolutely unbelievable.  

He said that even getting married is a mistake! Excuse me. What??

That statement really started a conversation, let me tell you. How could he say that, especially at wedding?

I told him that my wife and I have been married almost 15 years and it keeps getting better. No mistake at all marrying her. In fact, just the opposite.

Genesis 2:24 New Living Translation

24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

God designed marriage. For a man and a woman to be joined together in Holy Matrimony. If God designed it, it is not a mistake. God does not make mistakes!

Psalm 18:30 The Voice

30 Everything God does is perfect; the promise of the Eternal rings true;

Even though my first marriage ended in divorce still didn't make it a mistake to do. We didn't have God involved in anyway the first time around. We leaned on ourselves for everything. Well, we all know how that worked out for us. Our flesh and pride got in the way.

So I learned from that experience the second time around. I learned that it not two people giving fifty percent each. It's two people giving one hundred percent all the time. It takes both of us to make this work, with God's help. Not one sided in either direction, but to be a team both pulling in the same direction.

Proverbs 18:22 Living Bible

22 The man who finds a wife finds a good thing; she is a blessing to him from the Lord.

My wife blesses me everyday in different ways. Not saying that we haven't had our differences, but we work them out together. Don't go running off to someone else, or something else. We stay and fight for our marriage. 

Matthew 19:6 New Living Translation

6 Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”

So I encourage you tonight. Whether you are about to be married or been married for a while, your marriage is not a mistake! The only mistake is putting yourselves in the center. 

God Bless.

RK!