Thought for the day
Today's thought is based on a story that appeared on the Reuters news network:
"TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian bridegroom bit off more than he could chew when, according to custom, he licked honey from his bride's finger during their marriage ceremony and choked to death on one of her false nails. The Jam-e Jam newspaper said on Wednesday the 28-year-old groom died on the spot in the northwestern city of Qazvin while the bride was rushed to hospital after fainting from shock. Iranian couples lick honey from each other's fingers when they get married so that their life together starts sweetly.
"While this groom's death is a tragedy, my first reaction was that this is a beautiful wedding custom. Isn't it a great idea to start your wedding life out sweetly? But, as I thought about it, I realized that the honey might be better saved for a later point in the marriage. After all, virtually every marriage begins sweetly. The trick is to maintain that sweetness after years and years of being together. Starting sweetly is not nearly as important as continuing sweetly.
Those of you who are married may do well to ask if the sweetness is still there. Husbands and wives, do you treat each other just as sweetly as you did those first few days of wedded bliss?How about in your other relationships? Do you communicate with others in a way that can honestly be categorized as "sweet"? Listen to these words of Solomon:
"Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones." (Prov. 16:24)May your life be filled with sweetness, and may you be blessed to be surrounded by sweet people.
Verses
Matthew 8:13
Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! It will be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that very hour.
Luke 10:19
"Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
Luke 18:1
And he told them a parable of which the point was that they must always pray and never give up:
Psalm 1:1-3
Happy is the man who has not followed the counsel of the wicked, or taken the path of sinners, or joined the company of the insolent; rather, the teaching of the LORD is his delight, and he studies (lit. "utters") that teaching day and night. He is like a tree planted beside streams of water, that yields its fruit in season, whose foliage never fades, and whatever it produces thrives (Or "he does prospers").
Prayer
Father, we want to grow in the grace and knowledge imparted to us through the teachings of Jesus and Your faithful servants as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. We know this involves much more than simply reading the Scriptures; it includes meditating and memorizing principles and portions of the inspired text. It includes saying “no to ungodliness and worldly passions and living self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.” As our world continues the slide into decadence and self-indulgence, it means that we, with great intention, set our heart’s desires on that which is pure and holy so that we grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen
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