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Every marriage has a beginning, but not every

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beginning has God. My story starts with a parable

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my father told me, one that took me more than

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20 years to fully understand. He said, marriage

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is like discovering a beautiful house in the

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middle of a vast forest. A man walks by, sees

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the house, and he's immediately drawn to it.

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Something about the beauty, the warmth, the laughter

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inside, makes him want to enter. But the moment

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he steps inside, he realizes three things. The

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door only opens from the outside. The windows

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are sealed shut. The house is warm, even uncomfortably

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warm. And still, the couple living inside is

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joyful. My father looked at me and said, if you

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want your marriage to endure the heat, you must

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know the foundation. The foundation of marriage

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is not romance. It's not compatibility. It's

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not desire. The foundation is God. Unless the

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Lord builds the house, those who build it labor

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in vain. Before I asked my wife to marry me,

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I asked God. I prayed, I fasted, I waited. I

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waited until the Holy Spirit opened my eyes,

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until I heard in my spirit, she is the one. And

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because God started it, God sustained it. When

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storms came, when winds blew, when rain beat

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against our marriage, It did not collapse because

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it was built on bedrock. A strong marriage is

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not built on feelings. It is built on a foundation

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anchored in God's purpose. Lord, guide our marriages.

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Be the foundation beneath our feet. Let your

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spirit lead every decision we make. Because you

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promised, the blessing of the Lord makes rich

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and adds no sorrow. This is Pomoja. where we

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walk in faith together. Subscribe for more stories

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and purpose.