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When my beloved asked me to marry him, twenty-eight
years ago, neither of us understood what we were really getting into.
Can anyone say, 'Amen'?
Only now, with time, are my eyes opened to the beauty and splendor of
the event. He proposed to me (Will you be my People?);
He told me that he wanted to take care of me for the rest of my life
(And now, if you diligently obey My voice, and shall guard My covenant,
then you shall be My treasured possession above all the peoples – for
all the earth is Mine – and you shall be to Me a reign of priests and a
set-apart nation.); I accepted (All that Yahweh has said,
we will do).
I would never dream of breaking my vows to my husband today; and even
though I have not kept those vows perfectly, it is my husband's
unswerving love and grace towards me that keeps me ever seeking to
fulfill those vows, daily! I could no more be persuaded that he doesn't
expect me to treasure them or to perform them with as much integrity as
my human flesh will allow than I could believe he would have me behave
as if I were unmarried. Indeed, I believe he wants me to yearn to walk
in them with all of my heart. If my heart were not engaged - committed
to those vows today as fervently as they were when they were made, then
even the strictest adherence to them would fall short of true love.
Likewise, even though I have fallen far short of perfection, my heart,
like David's, cries...'Oh, how I delight in keeping our vows!'
This picture of Torah given to us in the holy estate of matrimony should
help us to see how Yahweh still desires and requires faithfulness to the
covenant He extended at Mt. Sinai and renewed in Yahshua, Ha Mashiach.
He is not a demanding, grievous husband to be scorned, but the greatest
Prince charming ever there was. As for my part, I'm in love all
over again.
Brenda Barrett:
I am wife to a Commandment Keeper and mother of five. Since
'leaving our Egypt' ten years ago, I have loved following my husband as
he follows our Messiah on this journey of Torah living. I have always
loved a good debate, especially a written one. While some see
'reasoning the Scriptures together' as a confrontational nightmare, I
see it as worship and find it difficult to surpass insomuch
as expressing our love for the Scriptures and the Author thereof.
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