What an interesting day yesterday. Before we started out for church the heavens opened. Thunder, lightning, and unbelievable rain raged. It was slow driving for Mick and me to get to church. Then just as we were about to round a corner close to church traffic came to a standstill. Water covered the road and a couple or cars turned around. One car though had attempted to go through the water. And became stuck.
At that point we were never going to take the chance and try plowing through the water. We had two choices, either turn back and let them know we wouldn’t be an church sand I wouldn’t be there to lead the singing, or find an alternate route. We decided to try and find an alternate route around the water. We did. Just getting from the church car park to the church even with a big umbrella we got drenched, but we were there.
It struck me that it wasn’t a bad analogy of marriage. Sometimes you can come to what seems almost like an impassable blockage. At that point you have a choice – to plow through and maybe get stuck, to try and find a way round it or to turn back. Perhaps it depends on how committed you are to the marriage. At that stage you need to remember the promises you have made and seek to find a way around the problem.
At church for a while we only had a few people. We certainly weren’t expecting many especially when we heard the bridge over the creek which we’d come over several minutes before was now under water. Some people were a little late given the circumstance but surprisingly we ended up with almost a full church.
Couples, singles and families arrived wet and bedraggled but they were there and still smiling. Why? Because they were committed to coming and nothing was going to deter them. Our minister remarked how encouraging it was it see everyone there despite the circumstances.
That is the sort of commitment we need to show to marriage- that we will work at it and seek to find a solution to whatever problems we are experiencing.
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