These stand-out verses are so much more impacting when taken on a more personal note: "Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem (your future spouse) better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of (your future spouse). Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus." - (Philippians 2:3-5)
How profound yet so sweetly clear this is. ♥ I can actually learn (from my ultimate Teacher) to remove my self - my own whims and self-centered agenda, and lay them down at the foot of the Cross. And how sweet and humbling the Lord's equation is in teaching us that as we esteem other people and practice selfless and outward living now, it trains our very hearts to esteem our future spouse. I believe honoring and esteeming my future spouse will not happen magically; rather, it calls for my sheer obedience to the Lord who is the Giver of all good things (James 1:17). Everything that I do now can either invest or take away from my future relationship. Isn't it that I ought to bring him good, not harm, all the days of my life? (Prov. 31:12). ♥
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