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So, I’ve been discussing the impact of truly implanting the truth that “God is love” into your heart so that you can live out of that belief, rather than from out of the lies the enemy tries to spew in your direction, and this post was supposed to be the connection of that truth to the institution of marriage.

However, God has had different plans, at least for this particular post. I plan to get back to what I was going to say here today, hopefully on Wednesday, so stay tuned, but for now, God has told me to tell you about something else.

I have been attending a regular men’s Bible study on Friday afternoons between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. This past Friday, we were discussing Matthew 19, the first half of which is on the topic of divorce, and while we were discussing this chapter, I had the wonderful opportunity to share a very brief version of my testimony. During this time, I was reminded of just how powerful some of Christ’s language is in this particular exchange.

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It was 12 years ago that I made the trek down to Miami, Florida with my dad to witness history in the making–the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl.  Yes, evidence that God does exist and that He is still in the business of performing miracles!  Ha, I jest.

Seriously though, on the eve of one of the biggest sporting events in the entire world, I thought I’d share a interesting video that speaks to something godly, or perhaps, not so godly.  Enjoy!!

In my last blog post, I introduced the divine truth that “God is love.” (1 John 4:8, 16)  I left you with only this thought, these verses, and this truth.  I didn’t explain why I thought it was so vital and didn’t dig into it at all.

My hope is that God has been speaking to you about it, that He has been revealing things about it, and that He has been working on your heart in regards to this very truth.

Today, we’re going to do the digging, and we are going to begin to see why this one simple, little sentence is the very foundation on which every other truth is built.  It may sound bold to say this, but again, bear with me.  Hopefully, I can make it clear for you.

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After nearly a four-year hiatus, I have recently begun writing again.  Aside from one short, secular novel I wrote in about a three-week span several years ago, my writing well had pretty much dried up.

However, in the recent weeks and months, God has been tugging at my heart to use the gifts he has given me to serve others, which is one of the reasons you are reading this blog, as I referenced in my last post.  I have felt compelled to take the truths God is revealing to me and apply them spiritually to the institution of marriage.  In doing so, my hope is that your marriage is strengthened, repaired, or saved.

In addition to this blog, I have felt compelled to write a book that will help believers come to understand their faith better.  I hope to reveal the relational nature of our faith, our God, and our lives in Christ.  In undertaking this task, I have come upon a truth that I believe is foundational to all of life, but also to the institution of marriage.  God has revealed this to me, and I find it so important to your marriage (and to all of your relationships and to your life individually) that I am going to begin here, with this one truth.  It will probably become the underlying message that permeates all of my posts.  You will probably see evidence of it in anything and everything I write on this website, and hopefully, by the end, whenever that is, it will all make sense to you.

In the Christian faith, it is often easy to fall into the legalistic trap of only focusing on the “rules” of Christianity–don’t do this, don’t do that, do this or do that.  In some weird way, I believe satan traps us into believing this is what faith in God is all about–doing right and NOT doing wrong.

It’s not!!!  Let me repeat that now, so there is no mistaking my point:

OUR FAITH IS NOT ABOUT DOING RIGHT, AND OUR FAITH IS NOT ABOUT NOT DOING WRONG!!

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Almost ten years ago, the beginning of the end of my marriage started.  I didn’t know God, knew Jesus Christ only as a fictional character in some book, and thought of marriage as expendable.  At the time, I had no idea what God had in store for me, my wife, or my marriage.

To me, God was some mythical being who was more like “the man behind the curtain” in The Wizard of Oz than the real, relational Being I now know and am coming to know better and deeper almost daily.  At the time, I certainly paid no attention to the booming voice emanating from the proverbial speakers of life.

As such, everything crumbled before my eyes.  The life I had built with my own two hands came crashing down around me, and the relationship I had with my wife, Tracy, or what I thought of as a relationship, disintegrated before my very eyes.

I was broken, defeated, ashamed, and alone, and eventually, I fell to my knees at the foot of the cross and into the open, awaiting arms of Jesus Christ.

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