Seasons of Marriage - Fall

Hello brothers and sisters, #RebelFam and #RebelArmy, I welcome you back this beautiful and glorious Sunday for our third installment, Seasons of Marriage – Fall.

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Just to be clear, brothers and sisters, this series is on good and holy marriages, ones born out of love and respect. There are those born out of threats, abuse, and disrespect, but that’s not what I’m talking about today. Although I do believe those should end, and the abuser is arrested and put away, my Seasons of Marriage series is based on those who want to be married, and are completely in love, but are facing a storm of their own.

Maybe you’re no longer happy by the time you get to this point in your marriage, maybe you feel as though it’s no longer worth it to keep going, maybe just maybe, you feel as though your only escape is to lie, cheat, and steal, so they leave you, but you need to remember communication is key, as long as you sit down and discuss your fears, your worries, and your concerns in love, and respect with your mate, the season of Fall can be a wonderful and amazing time in your marriage.

If your marriage is facing hardship, if you feel trapped, or tied down, if there is anything going on in your marriage that you are displeased with then no one is at fault but you, speak up, sit down, and talk with your partner without insult or injury, and let them know what’s on your mind and let them know your concerns, your worries, and let them know you need change. Marriages only get better with communication and discussion.

Fall is a time of family fun, family gatherings, and celebrating all the Lord has to offer through the beautiful and vibrant harvest. This is a time of many changes, colors, and reaping the fruits of your labor. In other words, the seeds have been planted, the roots have grown deep and strong, and now your marriage is solidified by the gorgeous harvest, you’ve been true to each other as the Lord has commanded, hopefully, and now you’re settling into each other.

By this time in your newly found love, your marriage is about five, ten, even fifteen years in, you’re past the honeymoon phase, and the awkward settling in phase, by this time of the season you know what works for the both of you and what doesn’t, perhaps you’ve tried self-help classes, counseling, or friend suggestions to keep your marriage alive and well.

Just as the farmers and home growers have tried fertilizers and self-help tricks to keep the fruits and vegetables alive and well, you’ve protected each other and helped each other along the path that God laid before you. It’s been a long road, with its twists and turns, bumps, and storms, but now you’re at the point where your marriage can really shine.

To others just starting out you and your soulmate are a beacon of hope, the finest cut of bacon, the crème de la crème, a lighthouse amongst the rocks. You have suffered and weathered the years together and are reaping your rewards.

Fall is the time when you’ve been through the awkward phase, you’ve gotten to know one another, you’re able to anticipate each other’s needs, you know what makes them shine and they know what makes you tick, you know how to push each other’s buttons and hopefully, you avoid that, or you only push the ones that turn them on just as they with you. That’s why Fall is the most vibrant.

You can see a deeper, richer meaning in both your life and your spouses, you work hard to make things happen, trees are turning colors, flowers are still in bloom, and you get richer, deeper texture in all things that matter.

Song of Solomon chapter 8 verse 6-7 says “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.”

1 Corinthians chapter 13 verse 2 says “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”

Psalm chapter 143 verse 8 says “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.”

Ephesians chapter 4 verses 2-3 says “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”

1 Peter chapter 4 verse 8 says “Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.”

You see brothers and sisters, being in love with your partner, staying strong in that love, helping each other along, and remaining faithful is all according to God’s plan. Remaining together through the spring season of marriage, staying strong and loyal through the season of summer, and entering fall together as one spirit, one flame, brings all the texture, colors, and bounty that a loyal and faithful couple deserves.

Staying together, you get quite a few perks, you’re able to anticipate each other’s needs, finish each other’s sentences, you never have to look for a date for Friday night, and you might even get to attend company picnics and parties, things just happen when you have time served and celebrate the season of harvest, bountiful blessings, and you get to enjoy a rich life with love bursting with delight. You’re excited when your mate comes home, and you feel blessed just spending time with them.

Like the texture-rich pumpkins, the variety of colors of melons and squash, the fullness of corn, and the deep earthly texture of potatoes, your life together is precious and blessed by the one who made you, our Lord and Savior, Our Father who in Psalms chapter 139 verse 13-16 says “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful; I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

You see brothers and sisters, God created each and every single one of us, HE created us for a purpose. Our LIVES have meaning because God says we do, and finding a mate to spend the seasons of spring, summer, and fall together, has more meaning to God than any riches we can gather on earth, being together, weathering the storms of life, and being able to lean on each other when we need too, is worth more to THE ONE WHO MADE US than any amount of gold or platinum on this earth or any other.

I challenge you brothers and you sisters to really look at your spouse, ask yourself why you fell in love with them in the first place, why you’ve stayed with them year after year, and instead of trying to convince yourself to stay with them “for the children” or “because your too old to find anyone else” talk with them, discuss your thoughts with them help them to understand what you’re going through so they can throw you a lifeline and help you climb back in the boat.

I am just asking that you re-examine yourself, your spouse, and your marriage, ask yourself if it’s worth continuing because Winter is coming, and winter brothers and sisters, although the coldest time of marriage is also the golden years and quite the achievement. So please stick around and come back next week as we finish our series, Seasons of Marriage – Winter.

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