Wifey Wednesday: They Must Have The Perfect Marriage

I used to be so envious of a few couples at church. They looked like they had the perfect marriage. I'd imagine how they must live a magical, happy life at home. He'd wake her every morning with a sweet kiss and tell her how beautiful she looked -- morning breath, matted hair and all. She'd tell him how handsome and rugged he looked in his tighty whiteys. With a wink and smile, he'd insist that she rest a little longer while he got the kids breakfast and dressed them for the day. I bet he even braided his daughter's hair and picked out a perfectly coordinating outfit! After the wife was fully rested, she'd make him his lunch and send him off to work with a long kiss. They'd text all day about their undying love for one another. He'd buy her flowers on his way home where he'd find a four course homemade dinner and a wife who was ready to be all his for the evening. The kids would play quietly and happily while they dreamed together about their happily ever after.

The thought of such perfection is a little nauseating, isn't it?!

Sweet wifey friend, let me set the record straight: There is no such thing as a perfect marriage! How do I know? Because there is no such thing as perfect people. Each of us comes with our own set of faults, baggage, annoying habits, and sin. The good news is that we also each come with our own set of strengths, victories, and wonderful qualities. Granted, sometimes the good is harder to see than the bad, but if we're going to be positive wives, we are going to trust God to deal with the junk, thank Him for the good and cling to Him because He is the God of all hope! 

Nothing is impossible with God. He can make a way where there is no way. He can breathe life into what is dead. Let's not waste our energy wishing we had what another couple has. They have their own challenges to deal with. Let's be wives who believe and cling to God's promise that He has great plans and a future for our marriage! Let's get on our knees and pray for our husbands, ourselves and our marriage. God is going to do a new thing in your marriage, my friend! Don't give up hope! "Be confident of this, that he who began a good work in you [and your husband and marriage] will carry it on to completion, until the day of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 1:6). Amen!