Ephesians 4:32-5:4
On this monday I came across some interesting marriage advise I thought I would share. This tid bit of wisdom comes from an author: Ann Tyler
She says the following:
"I want to live other lives. I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get. Writing is my way of making other chances. It's lucky I do it on paper. Probably I would be schizophrenic — and six times divorced — if I weren't writing."
Writing seems to be the cure for what ails her in her marriage. A little creative juice never hurts love's chances to continue to make strides in the right direction.
Perhaps the problem with many marriages, not counting all the other problems, but perhaps one problem is that there is a lack of creativity, inner creativity, inner resources that can fuel love and express the deepest longings that often lie buried beneath bruised egos and battered dreams and broken expectations.
Perhaps every spouse should see themselves as a writer and the story they create togther be the novel that unfolds the beauty of love, the great adventure of the gift of married love.
Even St. Paul today asks us to "be imitators of God and live in love as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma."
The one thing we can say about God without doubt or hesistation is that he was pretty creative.
It takes great creativity to makes one's life a living offering for a fragrant aroma.
Christ was creative in love for us towards the Father.
Creative energy keeps love alive.
If you think about it, all good things require creativity: compassion, forgiveness, thanksgiving and living as children of light.
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