Your marriage rift, it breaks our heart, we do not wish to see you part
Relationships aren’t easy, but, let’s work to get you on your mark
The first thing that we’ll kill is pride, it sabotages from inside
Makes us think we’re always right, keeps us itching for a fight
Blaming others for our faults, insulates and puts up walls
Relationships, they don’t need walls, but working hands and overalls
Hands that work to build them up, and serve their needs, expressing love
For love covers all our sins, forgives faults, and helps us win
For wounded hearts are fortress walls, but through repentance they can fall
The sacrifice required to win, is simply, daily, giving in
To meet the needs that others have, to heal their wounds, apply the salve
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Anger doesn’t feel the same, when you’re receiving all the blame
But love forgives and overlooks, all the sin that Jesus took
If He took our sin the same, why are we the one to blame?
Every sin was paid for there, with the thorns He wore like hair
We must forgive and let them go, for the Bible tells us so
That frustration that we feel, is just our pride and sin revealed
Forsake it now, and break it’s chain, we never need to blame again
That fortress is a sturdy piece, the one inside it won’t release
But the Word can drill a hole, into the heart and seize the soul
Release the door you’re holding closed, embrace the One who loves you most
Reward the ones you love, with you, let your love just pour right through
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Your purpose here is not complete, so let’s get moving. On your feet!
Provide for what your family needs, your priestly work is love in deeds
Lead them gently with respect, walk before them circumspect
Make your home a haven from, the harsh life lived without the Son
Fill your home with joy divine, through life connected to the vine
Your mind each day is in the Word, thinking through the words you’ve heard
And praying for the grace of life, this marriage with your faithful wife
She seeks your best through every storm, and sees that you are fed and warm
What greater good could one man want, a custom chef and restaurant
But thankless men just throw away, the blessings God gives every day
Heedless to the life they live, forsaking all the joy God gives
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Let’s be the wise man, build your house, give love daily to your spouse
Sacrifice for her each day, and all your life she will repay
Change your thinking to renew, the value that God placed in you
Make your life a lighthouse for, the wife and children you adore
Sharpen arrows for your bow, in your quiver they will go
When they’re ready, on the string, launch them high and let them zing
Launch them, burning, toward the dark, pierce the darkness, hit the mark
God’s plan for them to be revealed, and with their faith, their hearts are sealed
You only have them for a while, so use your love just like a file
Shape them to their own design, remember that God calls them, “Mine”
Stewards of what God has given, till our reward, our home in heaven
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By Justin Ogden
justwords@videomemoriespro.com
Copyright June 21, 2017
The Word in Rhyme 