No More Theft!

     I want to share something that I need to implement in my life and I thought others may gain by it also. At first I thought this might be for women but then I realized it could benefit everyone!
     This weekend my wonderful husband has gone on a camp out with a group of Godly men that he meets with to grow deeper into God.
     Being the wonderful, sweet, loving man that he is, he left a couple of surprises for me to find while he is gone. The first surprise was a bag of chocolate kisses wrapped in purple foil. You have to realize that kisses are different from other candy just by their name alone and then to find ones wrapped in purple shows he really took his time to think about this.
     The second surprise was a loving, handwritten note I found when I went to bed. He told me in great detail the things my heart needed to hear, the things I need to know that shows he was tuned into "me" and that he was speaking to "me". It was so beautiful that tears filled my eyes. I sat it aside so I could read it again in the morning!
     But in the morning as I read it, the voice of the enemy started speaking, that horrible, ugly enemy that wants to suck the joy and love out of your life! The enemy started saying things like "he didn't really mean it, he's just being nice", you know the lies the enemy tells you to try to keep  you from truly enjoying your loved ones?
     Love, especially in a covenant relationship like marriage, is one of life's most satisfying, secure places people can rest in. Of course it cannot and does not replace our place with God, but it enhances our place with God when we are loved and secure and trusting with the people our Heavenly Father has brought into our lives.
     That shows us why the enemy spends so much time and energy trying to destroy our relationships! He comes to kill, steal and destroy and what better thing to work on than a loving relationship? We are his accessories when we are always wondering or asking ourselves "what did they mean by that?" or "why didn't they do this?". We are always second guessing what the other person really meant.
     Next time the enemy comes to steal the assurance of our loving relationships, let's just tell him to be quiet and leave! Bind and rebuke! Accept and settle in to the truth of the words you hear from your husband, wife, parent, child, friend, sister, brother....if they say they love you, then they do! If they say you look great, then you do!
     No more lies from the enemy! No more theft of our happiness and enjoyment of each other!
     "My beloved is mine and I am his" Song of Solomon 2:16