CHRISTIANS AND UNMARRIED CHILDREN I have a responsibility to carefully teach the choices and consequences of marriage to my children. I should explain the blessing of serving God in singleness and the commitment one makes when one marries. I must recognize the sexual needs of my child and not force my aspirations upon him/her. Marriage is for life and I must make that clear. If one or the other dies, I can explain that the other is free to marry again. When the criteria for marriage “in the Lord” is met; there is every reason to expect God’s blessing upon that union. God ordained Christian marriage, and He is committed to the institution He established at the beginning.
I can’t go back and start over again; what is past is past for me. But I can resolve that from here on in, I will seek to be the best I can be. If the mistakes I’ve made rise to claim my time, I should lay them to rest once and for all. Then in the place I am what I do will seem to have value when my Lord calls me to serve Him in some way. I have been set free as a servant to God with the privilege of doing His will and my hands He has seen fit to fill. So, in body and spirit, I yield to the Lord and trust Him to use me as He will.
The price has been paid; I am not my own; every part of me belongs to Him. Therefore, I must take care that here at home, in whatever work or spiritual service I can do, the Lord will be honored in them. Life alone is not all that I have to give to Him, God has given to me a charge to fulfill. May I never misuse all God gave and entrusted to me, so that by His grace when He calls me home, I will be doing His will.