Devotional on Marriage #2: On Keeping Promises - For Better or For Worse

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Matthew 5:37

"Simply, let your "Yes" be "Yes", and your "No" a "No", anything beyond this comes from the evil one."

To put simply, this is one way of telling us to NOT BREAK OUR PROMISE. 

In marriage, the words "I love you" mean a lot of things. This is not only an expression of love and affection towards our spouse, but also a declaration of our vows.

The vow "for better or for worse, till death do us part," is a pronouncement that we should be able to love our husbands until eternity -- no matter what happens.

In my devotional, I have learned that couples must promise...
  • to be there through all of life's ups and downs;
  • to build spouse up;
  • to overlook weaknesses;
  • to forgive mistakes;
  • to put each one's needs above one's own; and,
  • to stick with spouse even when the going gets tough.
To ensure marriage to work, our role as a wife is to always be there for our husbands. Most of the time, we get into arguments because of our nature as the ones who have lots to say "all the time".

I have learned that men do not like this.

This is relevant to Proverbs 10:19 which states, "When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise."

Thus, wives must not talk too much to avoid unhealthy discussions with husbands. No matter what is going on with life, we should never nag at our husbands. We must not blurt out hurtful words especially if there are problems, and we should always be with our husbands, through thick and thin.

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Things I learned:
  1. I have a number of "broken" promises that need mending.
  2. Praise God for patience for I am able to withstand my husband's behavior all these years.
  3. A promise is a covenant not only made for men but also for God. Once you promise something, we should do our best to fulfill it for broken promises are influences by the evil one.
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Bless you! ♥️



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