{"id":121,"date":"2010-08-08T16:40:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T04:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2010-08-08T16:42:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T04:42:18","slug":"theres-still-a-lot-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chongsworship.com\/2010\/08\/08\/theres-still-a-lot-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s still a lot to learn!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Friday, we had an enchanting night out to celebrate six months of married life. Dinner at a fine Italian-style restaurant on Cockle Bay<\/a>, a random interlude of Christ-centred rap music<\/a>, then an evening of enjoying each other’s company, and reflecting on the amazing partnership, the astounding gift God has given us.<\/p>\n

Even in just six months, God has already taught us heaps. There are some things about marriage (and about your partner for life) you can only learn by actually being in the thick of a confrontation, or in the aftermath of a disappointing exchange. Books on marriage can only trace outlines around the specific issues in our marriage… real-life issues such as living with your spouse’s habits, and how to show patience, forbearance and forgiveness towards their SSB’s (secret single behaviours). Over time, we’ve realised more and more how immensely dependent we are on the Lord to change us and help us to serve one another better.<\/p>\n

What challenges and convicts us the most, however, comes from a passage in the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesian church.<\/p>\n

Eph 5:31-32: “‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.”<\/p>\n

Our marriage is a picture, however imperfect, of Christ’s covenantal love for His church. We earnestly want to improve our marriage, not because it makes us look good, not because we get fame and glory, but so that it would be a better picture of Christ’s marriage to the church. That’s something worth striving towards, we think.<\/p>\n

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– Cheryl and William<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Friday, we had an enchanting night out to celebrate six months of married life. Dinner at a fine Italian-style restaurant on Cockle Bay, a random interlude of Christ-centred rap music, then an evening of enjoying each other’s company, and reflecting on the amazing partnership, the astounding gift God has given us. Even in just … <\/p>\n

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