*This past semester we were asked to keep a journal of our thoughts throughout the class, this is one of my entries*
Today we talked a lot about covenants and there are a lot of reasons I am really passionate about this subject. We talked about how in Job in chapter 31 he made a covenants with his eyes, and in doing he was taking responsibility for his actions. I had never considered the idea of making a covenant with oneself. It is surprising now to see how many times this appears in the Bible with different ideas. When we look in Proverbs it says to not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time. For emphasis Proverbs says this three times. Its once again talking about the responsibility you have to yourself to protect yourself. Similarly, when you get married, you are making a covenant before god and others to put this marriage above all things but God. It gives you the responsibility to take care of your marriage, to guard it, to tend it, to not give up on it. I mean we look at the covenant God made with the Israel. He chose to love them despite their brokenness and the fact that they kept leaving Him. The covenant was so important to God that he chose to overlook those things and continue to choose them over and over. I believe that marriage is not just a covenant with God and your spouse, but is a covenant with yourself.
CG
Today we talked a lot about covenants and there are a lot of reasons I am really passionate about this subject. We talked about how in Job in chapter 31 he made a covenants with his eyes, and in doing he was taking responsibility for his actions. I had never considered the idea of making a covenant with oneself. It is surprising now to see how many times this appears in the Bible with different ideas. When we look in Proverbs it says to not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time. For emphasis Proverbs says this three times. Its once again talking about the responsibility you have to yourself to protect yourself. Similarly, when you get married, you are making a covenant before god and others to put this marriage above all things but God. It gives you the responsibility to take care of your marriage, to guard it, to tend it, to not give up on it. I mean we look at the covenant God made with the Israel. He chose to love them despite their brokenness and the fact that they kept leaving Him. The covenant was so important to God that he chose to overlook those things and continue to choose them over and over. I believe that marriage is not just a covenant with God and your spouse, but is a covenant with yourself.
CG
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