Sunday, April 4, 2010

Marriage Monday, open topic

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 Dreams Longing Hopes Desires

It is said that hope deferred makes the heart sick.
Within our hearts are the seeds of our journey
All on a path.
Dreams marking the trails head, mapping the way.
Those longings so embedded within the very fibers of our being.
Desires wanting and waiting feelings left unfulfilled.

In our marriage we met with a fulfillment of parenthood after 16 years.
A son at 20 years marriage.

Before that a life time of wanting...wanting a Man that loved God and a home of my own.

Desires of a wife to share His life with.
A forever friendship in love and marriage. 
The desire to stand aside another to watch them grow.
Hoping for them the very best they can become. 
Longing for travel within the heart of my man.
Thinking at times that if he could just be content...
It is that very same discontentment, well it was that waiting then letting go. Painfully accepting that either the desire would be removed or trusting that it might be fulfilled. Knowing that whatever the case I had to trust. Now I wait and trust and hope for my husband as I did for my dreams.
When I was longing hoping desiring Dreaming of Motherhood.

Hope deferred can make the heart sick.
It can also heal it.
Years of waiting then receiving what I had longed for was a real eye opener.
If I would of received what I wanted in my timing well wonder the harm of being ill equipped to manage it? One day this life long desire to travel will be fulfilled.
My husbands dreams, a reality for it is true that God Gives us the desires of our heart. 
In a different way than is interpreted by many.

It is the dream, the longing, desiring holding on to that hope...
That very act is what causes us to be prepared to receive it in a state of maturity.
It is that desire in itself that so beautifully forms us.
Then we can truly receive it to our benefit and not to our harm. 
He sets us on a course that thumps hard in our chest.
It is not only that in the state of contentment that the peace is to be found.
Contentment never ought mean to let go of the hope that God has placed within us.
Being content is to trust in his time and that He has Us in His best interest. 
Our Dreams ...are best lived in HIS time.

As a wife it is my heart to never remove my husbands dreams, but to support him in the contentment that removes the suffering while the hope is deferred. That support that might help him to never give up but to give over into Gods perfect way and timing.
I know then  it will be more than wonderful.
As with motherhood, much is required when much is given
Never let the fear of disability or being hindered remove the dream.
Don't let your dreams just be dreams, let them mark your trail.
Then follow it
(acting them out within your heart as if...) 
He is your guide.
Mapping your life along it's way.
 
Then if that day come if we have traveled the path well.
We might see through HIS eyes what He intended for us all along

7 comments:

Denise said...

Such a great post.

April Feagley said...

Thanks for sharing your message! Have a blessed day.

Denise said...

Like I have said before..... The Father God has brought you to a large place where healing is evident and the words that you pen bring healing to others.... You should always keep a journal of these writing..... they come from your Spirit man...... they are anointed..

Claudia said...

So often my husband's dreams and mine seem very different, and at other times they are one and the same. Only God can reconcile the two and bring contentment as we wait for our dreams to be fulfilled. Your words and thoughts are heart-felt and thoughtful.

Anonymous said...

I didn't realize you had a son after 20 years of marriage.... like Abraham and Sarah, you waited a long time to see your answer to prayer. But PTL, it happened!

Thanks for sharing your story, and for joining us for Marriage Monday today, Donetta. :~D

(((Hugs)))

Unknown said...

What a sweet reminder that our Father is in control....it is beautiful.
Thank you for your kind words...how easy it is to get pulled back into what you know. With the grace of God I will remain free...praise the Lord. Dianntha

Julie Arduini said...

Beautiful. It's so true that we can't be there to remove his dreams, but support them.

Older women likewise teach the younger women...

• how to love their husbands
• how to love their children
• how to be self-controlled
• how to be pure
• how to be keepers at home
• how to be kind and submissive (not subservient) to their own husbands. (See Titus 2:3-5)

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