Fireproof Marriage

     I watched the movie, Fireproof, again tonight and was struck by some of the messages I had forgotten. One, "don't leave a partner behind." Another, "don't trust your heart, lead your heart." It occurred to me that most of what I do is the opposite of what I should do. I want to trust my feelings, but God tells us not to, that our hearts are deceptive. I want to go my own way when things start getting hard, but God tells us He does not approve of divorce.
     Thank you God that you are the opposite of the world. Your ways are not our ways. Thank you for refining us with your fire so we can be like gold, pure gold. Amen.

Isaiah 48:10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver;
    I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.