Twitterpated..?

and there goes.. blah

Flower: [about two birds fluttering around] Well! What’s the matter with them?

Thumper: Why are they acting that way?

Friend Owl: Why, don’t you know? They’re twitterpated.

Flower, Bambi, Thumper: Twitterpated?

Friend Owl: Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime.. For example: You’re walking along, minding your own business. You’re looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face. Whoo-whoo! You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head’s in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you’re walking on air. And then you know what? You’re knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head!

Thumper: Gosh, that’s awful.

Flower: Gee whiz.
Bambi: Terrible!
Friend Owl: And that ain’t all. It could happen to anyone, so you’d better be careful.
[points at Bambi]
Friend Owl: It could happen to you…
[points at Thumper]
Friend Owl: … or you, or even…
[Flower looks at Owl shyly]
Friend Owl: Yes, it could even happen to you!
Thumper: Well, it’s not gonna happen to me.
Bambi: Me neither.
Flower: Me neither

After this, Flower, Thumper, and Bambi go on to ‘fall in love’ in the next 5-10 minutes of footage. Spring. Life. Excitement. Good old social observation.

Anyways, to put this in context, just because a bunch of skunk, rabbit, and deer friends can all grow up and move on at the same time in a Disney movie does not mean that it is realistic to expect the same for yourself. The real world is far less neat, and strings are left untied everywhere..

I’m not just saying this regarding ‘twitterpation’. Let’s turn the topic here.

Reality can induce a resentful (hence sinful) attitude towards… life. I say life, though I actually mean God; but if you believe God is in charge of your life, then saying ‘life’ would make sense, right? We often hide God behind life anyways. This resentment towards life often relates to comparison between the self and the other, where anything that is ‘other’ is better because it’s not what you have. (Straight hair/curly hair.)

People mind nothing about some things but only their own desire for satisfaction and not of God.. Experiences subtly describe to educate and remind that everyone can make a change on what's apparent here on earth. 

The gospel makes it possible for us to be gospel wives. But what does this look like exactly?

The requirement to submit to our husbands comes straight from God to us as wives. And we are answerable to Him for our obedience. We cannot blame our husbands for our lack of submission. The responsibility is entirely ours! And notice to whom we are to submit. As married women, we are not called to submit to all men (and neither are single women, for that matter), but rather to our husbands.

Conversely, we should not seek leadership from other men, apart from our husbands, no matter how worthy they are of honor or respect. We are to follow our husbands.

But as I said, this isn't always easy.
We can certainly utter and feel:

I am his bride...
I am his lover...
I am his best friend...
I am his equal...
I am his helper...
I am his glory...

We need to be reminded of God's ideal for marriage, because so often our own ideal gets in the way. We don't naturally want to be a gospel wife. Our natural drift is toward the selfish ideal of marriage idolized by our culture. And so without realizing it, we can often struggle, strive, long, and even pray for a marriage that fits our selfish, worldly ideal (and usually includes our husband changing big-time!). 

If we don't keep God's ideal for marriage front and center, we're going to be headed in the wrong direction. That's why we must be continually transformed by the renewing of our minds through God's Word, and we must ask God to give us hearts that long to be gospel wives.

A friendly reminder that we can always consider:

고린도후서 6:14

너희는 믿지 않는 자와 멍에를 같이 하지 말라 의와 불법이 어찌 함께 하며 빛과 어두움이 어찌 사귀며. 

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?" (2 Cor. 6:14, KJV).

Yet if in defiance of God's rules or what the world has today, no one has a right to impose any related verdict per se. Moreover, this Bible verse does not contemplate a marriage or job issues but could be a good foundation so as to live a well-balanced life. This statement can be discussed further through this article.. read here

#justreadandnowimsharing :'(