...On Putting God First.

"...I promise to love God first, so that I may love you best..."

This was a part of our vows.

From day one we wanted to strive to put God first.  Communion was the first thing we did together as a married couple because we wanted to keep that perspective.  Before even celebrating that we were married, we prayed together.

But this didn't mean it would be easy to keep God first in our marriage every day until death do us part.  It's something we forget sometimes.  It's something that we need to constantly remind each other and it sometimes even becomes an incredibly humbling experience when your spouse lets you know that your focus is not on the Lord. 

I'm convinced that the Lord put us on a strict budget during this first year so that we would be forced to rely on him daily, so that we would know that our life is not in our control and that we don't even want it to be.

God is good.  He is faithful.

...And if our God is for us, who can be against us?

Our lives are better with Him in control.

Marriage has given us both an even more clear picture of how desperately we need Him.  Husband and I are still learning what it means to rely completely on the Lord and to truly love Him first.

It's hard sometimes, but I know it's worth it.

...so why wasn't this post first in this series??  Again...I'm in process...

This is day 26 of the series "31 Days on becoming a new wife."  I hope you'll journey with me as I reflect on my first year as a Mrs!  Click on the button to see a list of the rest of the posts.

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