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LOVE LETTERS to Singles & Wives
Written by: Alexis Johnson and LaCrea Bucknell
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Dear Wives (and wives-to-be!),
I have been a wife for seven years, and the LOVE that I have
for my husband has grown strong and continues to grow stronger, each day. He's
my best friend - the one that I truly trust. He is my God-sent man – my Heavenly
Husband. He is the man that I vowed my life to, on our wedding day. He LOVES me
just right, and ALL glory goes to our Father GOD, whom we both keep at the
center of our marriage. We both love God with all of our hearts and we truly
thank Him for the wonderful marriage we have today. We thank Him for His wisdom
and understanding as to HOW He purposed a marriage to function. For we know,
without Him…. Without revelation… our marriage would NOT be what it is today!
Oh trust me, before we came to know God… before we developed personal
relationships with Him… before we grasped our roles as Husband and Wife… well,
let’s just say, things were a little “different” in the Johnson household – but
To God be the Glory – NOW, we know! Now, I am THAT wife – an EPHESIANS 5:22
WIFE… and thank you, Lord, my husband is THAT husband – an EPHESIANS 5:25
HUSBAND.
{Ephesians 5:22-28} Marriage—Christ
and the Church
22 Wives,
submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is
head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of
the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let
the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
25 Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water
by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious
church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be
holy and without blemish. 28 So husbands ought to love their own
wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.
We haven’t always been where we are today (smile)… Everybody
starts somewhere, right?! Well, my
start, as a wife, was all wrong! I thank God, my husband was born with a
patient nature, otherwise Lord only knows if we would have made it long enough
to