My Walk Down The Aisle

“This is who I am…” “This was me before I got married…” “You knew me before we got married, so why should I change?” "Just accept me for who i am.." Even though we are not saddled with the responsibility of changing our spouses, only God can do that, it is important to understand that "marriage is meant to change you!" Yes! to make you more like Christ! A better husband, a better wife, a better friend, a better parent, a better You! Both parties, working together to be a better form of themselves under God's guidance should be one of the founding blocks of a Christ centered home. Salvation brings you to Christ and Marriage is one of God's reconciliation tool, to ensure you act, behave and think Christ like. Truth is if you are the same person as you were when you first got married, then you are not growing and growth requires effort and the willingness to grow. No one wants to be stagnant on a job, we want promotion and increase, so we w...

I recently took time to evaluate myself in the light of the story of the ten virgins in Matthew 25:1-10 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like  ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet  the bridegroom.   2  Five of them were foolish, and five were  wise.   3  For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,   4  but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.   5  As the bridegroom  was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.   6  But  at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’   7  Then all those virgins rose and  trimmed their lamps.   8  And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’   9  But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’   10  And while they wer...