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Proverbs 5 (ESV)
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16 Should your springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
19 a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated always in her love.
20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman
and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord,
and he ponders all his paths.
22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him,
and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
23 He dies for lack of discipline,
and because of his great folly he is led astray.
REFLECTION:
This passage admonishes us to remain holy in our marriage, to love and keep together with the spouse ordained by God, and to live to old age together. In this era of advocating the supremacy of personal freedom and hedonism, when people feel dull about marriage, there will be many opportunities to induce husbands or wives to abandon each other and seek joy and excitement elsewhere. However, as God’s people, we should understand that God’s ordained marriage is sacred, and only a couple joined in God’s will through marriage can have true love and satisfaction. Don’t abandon the best blessings God has given you. Entrust yourself to God and commit yourself to the spouse that God has given you and share the blessings. At the same time, we should also understand that chastity and loyalty in marriage does not make marriage lifeless and uninteresting. This is not what God intended. We should think of each other in marriage and share the joys of life with our spouse. Think about whether your marriage is still as happy as before. Do you give place to the devil in your heart? If so, ask God to forgive your sins and bless you and your spouse in your marriage so that you can experience a more fulfilling life.
PRAYER:
Pray for God to strengthen your heart and keep you and your spouse pure in marriage; for God to save you from the temptation of the devil, not to be blinded by the vanity of the world, and not to be bound by the desires of the flesh and eyes. Pray for God to make you and your spouse please each other in marriage, create common interests in all aspects of life, and share the blessings that God has given.
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