Advice to Newlyweds

Advice for Newlyweds In the book of Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verse 1 I find these words, “To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.” For God made everything. He made each in His image. As He planned He knew exactly when each event of a life would take place. He also knew how each would live and when they would die. As He put each person together and gave each special talents only that person could use. He also made a special person that would match and magnify those talents. It is only in His time that those two come together. One thing we should always remember is the verse in Ecclesiastes 3:1 “to everything there is a season…” Our time is not God’s time. God does have a time set for everything in every life to happen. We cannot hasten or shorten the time. By faith, we only need to trust God will see that His plan will work in His time. When it does, we then need to praise Him and thank Him. As you stand hand in hand together the future before you is yours to paint. As a painter stands before a new canvas, so you stand now. What you paint is yours alone. I believe God has placed you both together to fulfill His plan and given you all the talent you will need to paint the picture He has or will place in your minds and hearts. Others may paint similar pictures but none will be like yours. Yours will be unique. It matters not what colors you use or the brush stroke. It matters only that your canvas reflects the love in two hearts. The beauty will be in the picture coming from heats of love. It will be yours alone there will be none like it. Others can say paint like this or use this color but none can paint for you. Only the artist can put on canvas what is in his heart and mind. The canvas before you is one that will only accept a joint brush stroke. The picture is what is in two hearts. If only one paints the picture will have little depth and meaning. To bring out every detail you both must paint with one mind, one spirit, and one vision. Yes, each will see with different eyes but both must see the same picture. God has given each of you eyes to see, minds to understand, hearts to love, and the tools to paint a grand picture. So as you both stand hand in hand before the brand new canvas paint what is in your hearts. By loving, trusting and sharing with each other only then will your picture have true value. Will your picture have mistakes, for sure, but with shared love, those mistakes will fade into a grander hue; a hue that will show depth strength and love. You will find that with the passage of time your canvas will grow. When you think there is no more room to paint look into each other’s eyes and you will see new canvas forming. As years pass and you look back don’t be surprised at the picture behind. For there you will find years of joy, days of pain, mountains and valleys. As you look ahead there will be more clean canvas waiting for your experienced brush to craft yet scenes that are more glorious. So my children take a deep breath pick up you brushes and start to paint your life picture, for now is the season and now is the start of a new life together.