Hey everyone! So happy to do this video today. If you haven’t heard already I was in Disneyland on vacation this past week. This is not typical vacation but was planned for a very special event. I asked my beautiful wonderful girlfriend if she would marry me and she said yes. Seeing as that is the biggest thing in my life right now, I thought that I should find a Bible verse dealing with how to treat someone in a relationship. Also Valentine’s Day just passed.  There are a few verses I would like to talk about. The first verse is below. This versus always stuck to me, and I think that sometimes people misinterpret this. 

“Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?”
2 Corinthians 6:14

Although it is important to be equally yoked just because you and someone do not have the exact same level of faith does not mean you can be together. That being said, it is important as a Christian for the other person in the relationship with you to also be Christian. I’m not saying you can’t work without that being the case, but it definitely makes it much easier. Growing up I was given a piece of advice that I did not understand until very recently. My music leader at church told me that his wife come second. I thought that was really weird. I asked him if that’s the case who comes first. He told me that Jesus always comes first in their relationship and that goes for both people in the relationship. If that was not the case I believe it would be a big struggle inside the relationship. I also believe that as Christians we could not be more right. Too often we only go to God when we need him and we forget that Jesus should be our absolute center. He should be our focus every day and every night. We should constantly be thinking WWJD.

Again just because you’re not exactly at the same level of faith doesn’t mean you can’t be together. Personally when I first met my girlfriend, I know that I was not even half the man I am today. We both were lacking in our faith and together made a decision that we were going to become closer to the Lord. We put him first in every aspect of our lives. We even sacrificed a big part of our relationship because we believed it was what God would want. First off we are both waiting for marriage before we physically progress our relationship. This is something we decided a long time ago. We also made the decision to move out and not live with each other anymore in order to grow closer with the Lord. I believe that if we had not been so close to the Lord that could’ve been something that broke our relationship. However although it was very difficult we are both grown so much and God has continued to reward us for our faith. 

Back to my engagement. I am so happy to be with somebody who is so close with the Lord. She is my world and my joy. As the verse says she is my light in the darkness. We both are constantly pushing each other to go closer than our relationship with God daily. Having someone like that in your life is going to be so great for your faith. 

I also tried to live my life by the first below. I do realize at this verse is a very typical Christian verse. It is talked about a lot in weddings and when talking about how to treat someone. The versus speak for themselves. I ask you to read on them and pray on them. Are you displaying love the way that you should? Are you doing at the way that this verse tells you to? I’m going to read it slowly for you so that you can really process it. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

I pray that God speaks to you through these verses. May your week be blessed and may you draw yourself closer to the Lord and his love daily. God bless