Reflections #6



Waking up and the first face I see is that of the Beau has been a dream come true every day for the past 11 months plus. I still haven’t fathomed the fact that he now is my husband that we are married-how long does it take? You know the part that says that the grass is greener on the other side- wait until you get there and you do not recognize how green your grass is. I couldn’t wait to marry him, to have his middle name as my last- Mrs. Muthoni Muange. Now I am there and I have to pinch myself just to ensure its no dream that am in.
I love him, I have loved him and my desire and prayer is to always love him. I vowed to love, cherish and submit and boy is it work, so much work. Every day is different from the past one and the lows and wins are completely different and we both have to get around solving the issues together and celebrating the big wins and small wins together. I still cannot get around an argument without being the winner, do not blame me am work in progress, but it is no excuse. My desire is to come up with solutions that ensure the Beau and I understand each other and keep moving in one direction together.

Marriage, as I have come to learn is commitment based on trust and respect. Feelings come and go sometime it’s the happy feel-good and sometimes I wonder why I chose to get married to this man. But at the end of the day it’s about my commitment and the covenant I made to my husband. When you respect a person, there is no shame in learning from them or receiving correction as you also correct them. There is a mutual understanding between you two, such that you do not go pushing the unwanted buttons. You basically want what is best for them. Trust in my definition is a whole new level of love- I have trusted him with my life, my dreams and my desires and so has he. That way I believe we are on the same page always and there is no room for doubt.
Marriage works, I probably am not the right person to talk about it- am still honeymooning people!! But as sure is that the sun rises, am I sure that marriage works. All you have to do is make God the center, trust and respect your mate, and be accountable to each other- then work towards a working marriage.
Genesis 2:21-25 and the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Love,
Muthoni Muange 

Comments