But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, “a peculiar people”; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 1 Peter 2:9
Once in a while, I’ll watch a movie that reminds me of my current situation in life. One was a teen alien television series my husband and I liked to watch together called, “Roswell.” People would talk to the teen aliens who were undercover aliens, and try to tell them how they had contact with aliens. The Roswell aliens would say, “You are going to try to tell me about aliens?” and have a big grin on their face, because they were aliens! It reminds me of certain people who are never married at single’s group trying to tell me how to have a relationship when I was married. So I grin at them to see what they “think” marriage is about.
Unlike the
Roswell teen aliens who only admitted they were aliens when they got identified
by the FBI special unit and left Roswell, I am "admitting" that on this earth,
“I am an alien.”
All these people
were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things
promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And “they admitted” that they were aliens and
strangers on earth. Hebrews 11:13
I am an alien in
life on this planet especially in relating to many singles. That is okay,
because my spouse was an alien too so I’m looking for another alien in
life. Abraham was an alien and so were many others. We are supposed to
be aliens when it comes to friendship with this world.
Dear friends, I
urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful
desires, which war against your soul. 1 Peter 2:11
Many times when
it comes to relating to certain people in life (widowed or divorced parents) we
feel like strangers or aliens, but not aliens when it comes to being all in
God’s family.
Consequently,
you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with
God's people and members of God's household, Ephesians 2:19
Typically,
aliens don’t like to travel alone, so I’m looking for another alien who does
not believe intergalactic travel alone. My main objective is not to colonize
the earth, since I’ve already done that with my species (be fruitful and
multiply). My main leader on another planetary system will be coming back
to set up his kingdom (thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is
heaven.)
The seventh
angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
"The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his
Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever." Revelation 11:15
For the Lord
himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the
archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise
first, After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be
with the Lord forever. 1 Thess. 4:16-17
I attended my
brother’s high school reunion with him a few years ago and I asked him if there
were any single bachelors to be sure to introduce me to them. They would have
been a little older than me since my brother is five years older. My
brother said, “By the time you reach my age, couples have pretty much grown up
and settled down with the right person in life. They have learned how to
make a relationship work so I don’t know anyone single.”
I would hope
people learn their lessons by then, and grow up in life! I noticed that
couples even start to “look alike.” My husband and I used to go by
“M&M---Mike and Mary. In the Bible there were couples like Ananias
and Sapphira, Herod and Herodias, Ahab and Jezebel --- similar to Bonnie and
Clyde that connected well together in serving evil. Some people are
just meant for each other. Potiphar’s wife warned him not to have
anything to do with Jesus, because of a dream.
On the spiritual
side, we have Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and Rachel, Isaac and Rebecca, Elizabeth
and Zechariah, and Joseph and Mary.
Elisabeth was a daughter of Aaron the high priest (Luke 1:5-7). She and her
husband Zechariah were "righteous before God, walking in all the
commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless" (1:6), but childless.
While ministering in the temple
of the Lord, Zechariah was visited by the angel Gabriel (Luke 8-12)
Some of us grew
up a little earlier in life with having the right marriage partner, and then
some of us were late bloomers (like flowers that bloom late). Many of my
friends had the right person since high school or college. My huge growth
spurt was at the age of 36 years old after two divorces. I took on
another women’s two children full time, and a 13-year old daughter who was not
happy about her parents getting a divorced and was not raised in church.
You could say that was an eye-opener experience, and if my husband was still
alive, he would tell you the same thing in taking on my four daughters.
Since men are
from Mars and women are from Venus, than we need to understand alien men.
I was talking to another widow about making a “connection” with a man
when we date. If a couple is on the “same” page for wanting a
relationship….as far as their planetary systems of values and some of their
likes and dislikes…it’s a harmony that is tremendous! Nothing replaces
mutual agreement. Love is always considering the best for the other
person (1 Cor. 13).
Can two walk together unless they be agreed? Amos 3:3
I
always like that song by Elton John: The One…about when stars collide.
I like a “God-centered” marriage. Where you know God
is on the throne of your marriage (beyond a shadow of a doubt) that He brought
the two of you together --- not just physical chemistry!
Unless the Lord
builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the
city, the guard keeps watch in vain. Psalm 127:1
The
One: Elton John
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