What To Do When The Sizzle Fizzles Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. (Revelation 2:4NKJ) But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! (Revelation 2:4NLT) Nobody plans it, it just seems to happen. Romance runs head-long into reality, something gives, and it’s usually romance. At first it’s just two love-birds with no higher earthy priority than each other’s happiness. Then comes patter of tiny feet, and our well-ordered world gets turned upside down. Children don’t fit neatly into our schedules and agendas. Three kids, two jobs, one mortgage later, and romance seems to be a distant memory. Two overworked people wonder where they lost that romantic feeling and whether it will ever return. Some settle for marriage without the sizzle; some stay till the kids are older, then look for greener, more romantic pastures. * However God offers a third, more exciting way, and that way is, “Do what it takes to restore your first love.” (This scripture was written unto Ephesus and for all churches in the present; moreover though, the modern day church is still called, “the bride of Christ.” Here’s the three “R’s” that work in our walk with God, and in our marriage. First, Remember. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Revelation 2:5NLT Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lamp-stand from its place among the churches. Again, remember the height, not the depth of your fall. In other words, Not how bad it is become, but great it once was. Not the worse of times, but the best. Recall when just being together was the highlight of your whole day. What were you doing then that you’re not doing now?Remember when: You phoned just to hear their voice, the love notes, pulling the chair out, cooking his favorite dish, opening the door for her, looking your best, and giving compliments, giving him or her something special. Etc.Remember, remember what you did for love! The actions may have seemed to appear by accident, but it actually grew by action! You were the magic. P.H.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:39:07 +0000
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