Fireproofing?

I watched Fireproof some time ago. The film detailed the Christian - and natural - struggles of human relationships. Between husband and wife, child and parent, and between friends too.

How do we 'fireproof' our relationships in a Godly manner?

A friend posted on Facebook this note:

The most-intimate relationship is marriage between a husband and a wife.
Unfortunately, relationships today are under more cultural and interpersonal pressure and stress than ever before in our history. But it doesnít have to be that way. Together, we can make a long-term difference for healthy relationships and marriages Ö starting with yours!

What can you do to make a difference?
http://www.fireproofmymarriage.com/

If people actually knew the amount of sacrifice and humility needed to make marriage work - and how much we need to make God the centre of it, not ourselves - we might not be so quick to jump into one.

The allure of loving someone and being loved is sometimes to great for us to see that a relationship - and marriage - is given to us by God to reveal who we truly are, and how we continually lay down ourselves and let God increase.

But God is gentle and loving. It will be what we can bear.

So, sometimes before we can be fireproofed, we need to let the fire come and rarefy everything. What's left of the cinders - something refined, something pure, and something simple that God can use.

So, I see, that's what it means to say, 'God, here I am. Take all of me.'

It actually means all. And wow, the best is yet to come, cos His blessings will come in a torrent, once we're ready to receive it, with our empty hands.

Unclench your fists, and let go of what your eyes can see. Open your hands, and see that, no matter what you add to them, they will ultimately be empty.

Thank you, God, for your everlasting love.