In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:5
Jesus isn't sitting in heaven arguing with the angels and He isn't looking at us with anger, cursing us every time we make a mistake. He isn't selfish or arrogant and He isn't proud.
How much do we look like Jesus in our relationships with our husband or wife?
Colossians 3:7-8 says: You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. We are to let the peace of Christ rule in our hearts and be thankful (Colossians 3:15). We can't look like Jesus when we look so much like the world to our own spouse.
So how can we make this change? We set our minds and our hearts on things above, instead of earthly things (Colossians 3:1-2), like selfishness and pride, and refuse to conform to the pattern of the world (Romans 12:2). We have to realize that marriage is a gift (1 Corinthians 7:7) and every good and perfect gift is from above (James 1:17). We need to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires (James 1:20).
Satan hates marriage. He wants to destroy mine and he wants to destroy yours, but Jesus brings life (John 10:10). Choose life for you marriage today. Let God give you beauty for ashes (Isaiah 61:3).
So true, that marriage is a gift! Keeping that view, regardless of all the ups and down in life is important. And if we, as a spouse, live our faith, then that's more influential than anything else we can say.
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