I was watching the new Love and Marriage sermons at Men's Cell on Wednesday with the other guys. The first video we watched was talking about how there is no perfect person. The speaker asked the women to name qualities that they look for in a man. Intelligent, hot, emotionally available, and a few other ones were named. The men were asked the same question regarding to women.
The speaker began to share about her past. How one of her ex-boyfriends broke up with her, not because her personality, but because of her body. Because of this one detail, one thing that she did not have, he broke up with her.
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? - Matthew 7:3
That small speck of sawdust (our imperfections) leads us to such ignorance. We only see other's imperfections when we have such a big plank stuck in our own eye. Who are we to judge them? Who gave us the permission to judge others by what they did, where they went, how they did things?
The speaker made a very good point that I never thought about. We all have planks in our lives, but I didn't see that Jesus died on 2 planks nailed together. There are two people in a marriage of course, and both the man and woman has a plank. Just because they have these planks does not mean they should not be together. These planks were taken away by Jesus when He died on the cross. One plank from the man, the other from the woman. He took them away.
Alone, we are only one plank. Together, we form the cross.
2 comments:
it's true that we shouldn't expect our husband or wife to be perfect =)
as long as we aren't willing to settle for less than what God is willing to bless us with [for example, the idea that - 'well, since everyone's a sinner, I guess I can marry anyone since we're all equal', and then ppl decide to date non-Christian or settle for other stuff they might not actually be ok with]
- I guess there's some kind of fine line somewhere, between what God chooses to bless us with, and what we think He has in store for us...
haha so maybe it comes down to us starting with having an idea of what a Godly man or woman looks like based on the bible; and then coming with a list of details of 'extras' that would be great - but that we're willing to life up to God ^_^
it's late. I may not be making any sense... I just fast forwarded through 12 eps of Xenosaga. wow. so nerd.
randomly - I didn't watch the new 722 video - so, what does it mean about the planks? Everyone starts with 2 planks? and Jesus takes away 1? so together a man and a women form the cross of sacrifice together? Am I crossing analogies?
or.. everyone has sin = 1 plank; and when a man and a woman marry - they bring their planks = 2 planks; which form the cross, which represents God covering and atoning for our sins = the man and woman can look at each other without the planks?
I'm sorry... I think I'm crushing this analogy >_<
take care.
hahha it's a cool analogy...I want to see that series. hahah. one day. in the non-existent future of no work + nothing to do + at home w/speakers! ahhh wells.
1+1=1 cross.
intewesting :P
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