I read a great devotional today, describing our relationship with Jesus as a husband-wife relationship. Weird to think of myself as a wife, but once I got past that the message was powerful. Our "old husband" - the law - has died. When the law died, we were free from the obligations of marriage to it. The "new husband" is Jesus, and He is all about love. We do not marry to Him out of obligation, but in response to the amazing love He has shown us. And we do not serve Him faithfully because it's our duty as wives, but because we adore Him so much that we want to be the best wives we can be! And so that is what I desire to do: love "my husband" to the best of my ability - not because I have to, but in response to His beautiful love! (I told you it's a little weird as a guy to think about having a "husband"!)
今日は本当にすばらしいデボーションを読みました。イエス様は私たちの夫である。まぁ、男として夫がいるという概念は変だけどそれを受け入れたら本当に主の愛に圧倒されるよ！私たちの前の夫、つまり律法は、死んでいる。なので、その結婚契約から解除された。もう律法に縛られることはない。新しい夫であるイエス様は愛でいっぱいで、私たちはイエスと結婚するのは強制的なものではなく、自発的だ。そしてイエスに仕えるのは義務ではなくて、その大きな愛にふさわしく応えたい心から来る。私たちはイエス様に最善な妻になりたがってない？（前に言った通り、男に夫がいるって掴みにくい概念だけどねぇ）
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Something I have often wondered about as a female - what do guys think of this whole "wife" analogy? Its something that definitely resonates with me but its interesting to read your perspective.
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