Until Death Do We Meet

The Key to a Mansion Awaits You!

Promises, contracts, oaths, vows – these are all different signs of commitment. We promise to do something, we put our signature on contracts to secure expectations of the parties involved, we take oaths to uphold certain agreed upon values, and we show the sincerity of our commitment in spoken vows to one another.

Yet, are we truly able to keep all of our promises, fulfill every contract perfectly, maintain each word of an oath we have recited with absolute completeness, and carry out each part of a vow with success?

Our answer – probably not. The truth – most definitely not! Each of our relationships is dependent on a certain fulfillment of spoken and unspoken expectations. If we were able to always say and do everything perfectly, there would be no problems with commitment. And, many lawyers would be out of a job!

But, we have a great deal of hope! Relationships can and do work. And they work well, when they are based on the truths of God’s love for us. When we begin to understand God’s love and commitment to us, what He has done for us and what He expects of us, each of our personal relationships with friends, family, our spouse, neighbors, and colleagues, will be affected for the better.

Keep in mind as you read this book, the most important application to make is your own personal response to God’s love and commitment towards you! So although there will be reference to a marriage relationship, this is not the major inference.

I pray you will recognize that a greater appreciation of God’s faithfulness towards His children produces a desire to extend that same faithfulness and devotion towards the individuals He has placed in your life. …

Several years ago in September, my Mom and I spent a day on Catalina Island off the California coast. We enjoyed a tour of Avalon while a guide narrated the history of many of the landmark buildings. As we drove by a gorgeous home, overlooking the bay, we listened to the sad history behind its construction.

The story goes like this. A young man just betrothed to his beloved, began building her a beautiful home which they would enjoy after their marriage. He worked on this dwelling tirelessly, looking forward to that day of finally bringing his bride home. When the mansion was completed, he waited with great anticipation for her arrival for their wedding day. However, she did not show up. Apparently she had changed her mind and never returned to the island. The young man was so devastated, he forbid any female to enter the home he had built. So for more than forty years the structure was abandoned. It was kept up but not enjoyed, not lived in by its intended couple and therefore not loved in either. This is a tragic account and although most of us do not have as graphic a story as this one to tell, we have all experienced broken promises from people we have loved, either in friendships, among family members or even within a marriage. The vows people make are unreliable; God’s vow of love to His children is absolute.

In the book of John it says, "Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, [there] you may be also” (John 14:1-3).

It is certain that Jesus will return and His children will reside in heaven with Him. There is no doubt! …

I pray your focus is drawn to Christs’ eternal kingdom where you will finally meet your Lord and Savior face to face –

Focus Heavenward with me,

Sharyn.