Mini Marriage Minder - Sometimes Growth is Beyond You!

I look up to the mountains—

does my help come from there?

My help comes from the Lord,

who made heaven and earth!

Psalm 121:1-2 NLT

There are times in every marriage when change is needed. Not a change that includes leaving your spouse, quitting on your marriage and breaking covenant. But a change within you, within your spouse and, perhaps, within you both.

Healthy things grow. Growth is a natural thing. So, a healthy marriage should be growing on a daily basis, much like the branches on a vine. It's interesting to watch a vine grow over time. It will find its way around pipes, downspouts and obstacles, growing through cracks in solid concrete and growing to cover entire buildings. But, what about when the branches of a vine come to an obstruction that it cannot grow passed. What then? Often the vine stagnates as it has nowhere to go. A vine is bound to it's physical surroundings. It cannot grow beyond what it can attach to. 

Marriages are a lot like vines. We grow together and can continue growing based on our love for each other and through the support of each other. But, what about when we reach an impasse ? When we feel as if there isn't the love and support we need in order to continue growing. Again, what then?

You and I as individuals and in our marriages, unlike natural vines, can implore the supernatural. We can seek divine help from God daily. God isn't limited by physical restraints. He can bring growth when we allow him to change our hearts and minds, causing us to be able to walk through the barriers in our marriages as he breaks them down.

1. What barriers are hindering the growth of your marriage?
2. How have you implored or invited the supernatural power and presence of God into it?
3. What barriers have you faced in the past, that God has broken through for your marriage?

Don't stagnate. Believe and pray for the possible, which is anything with God!

Grow On!

Dave