Following on from the last 2 days' discussions about our need for God in our lives, we have today's Dare: where do we find our satisfaction, our fulfillment?
If only God can do the impossible and help me to love my wife unconditionally, guess what that also means?
It means she can't love me unconditionally without His help either! It also points out the fact that there are plenty of other things Liz cannot do for me, and that I cannot realistically expect of her.
She cannot give me inner peace ( it comes from God), true satisfaction (same), real contentment (comes from Him), and other things besides.
Liz is not God. She is, like me, a flawed human being. There are plenty of things we CAN give each other. But first and foremost my satisfaction and contentment in life must derive from my relationship with God. Only then can I bring peace, joy etc into our home. When I have found the secret of "abiding in Him".
So today's dare is to press deeper into my relationship with God. To worship, read his Word, commune with Him.
Then as I read many years ago in a book entitled "When the Spirit comes", (Colin Urquhart), my teapot will be not only filled, but continually refilled to overflowing. Then I will have input of eternal value, and inner resources of the best kind to bring into my relationship with Liz and with our family.
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