A conversation I had with a friend the other day has been sitting on my mind. I have no true answers for her beyond what I have been counselled myself. Some of the thoughts I’ve been having spilled out in this poem as I pondered the Five minute Friday word Fix. The question I ask myself is how does one fix what is not broken?
Fix what is not broken
How does one fix it?
The thing that can’t be broken.
A tie that binds securely?
If it can’t be broken
How does one fix it?
A friend the other day
Mentioned troubles with a
Spouse.
About sometimes he didn’t
Come home to the house.
Marriage is forever
A bond twixt God and man
A man and woman
Forever will Hold
Each other hand.
So how does one fix it?
This thing unbroken is?
A tie securely binding
A woman and her man.
Through prayer and
Supplication.
And through a
fresh perspective see.
Making choice
on showing love
Even when one’s heart
is dour.
Shows the hand of God
‘Til it becomes a shower.
It’s difficult I know
When so easy all around
The unbroken is
Tossed and declared
to be unbound.
Bonds securely tie us.
Remembering sometimes pain.
Remembering too
I hope, the joy
that you had gained.
There are no easy answers.
In this dark world
we’re in.
Pain sometimes bids
us Sin.
Change thou
Your perspective.
Pray hard for
One’s spouse.
Pray too that you can
Show the love
That you once felt
And notice as you go
The love you have been dealt.
How to fix
What is not broken
is a difficult thing to do.
But through time,
God’s care, and work.
It is possible to do.’
Scriptural Inspiration
Malachi 2:14-15
“But you say, ‘Why does he not?’ Because the LORD was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.”
Song of Solomon 8:6-7
“Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.”
Genesis 2:24
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
Ecclesiastes 4:12
“Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”
Mark 10:9
“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Amen. Just amen.
thank you. Hard post to write, but my thoughts anyways.
I’m your FMF neighbour. Yes, marriage is so important and can be so hard – even painful – to keep going when things are have gone wrong. Lots of love and prayer and sheer determination, for sure. God bless.
very hard.
This is a good question. Unfortunately, sometimes, I think God calls us to abandon things instead of fix them. In you’re friend’s situation I’m not suggesting to leave her spouse, but rather, perhaps there are things in their lives that need to be let go of. Thanks for the food for thought.
Amie, FMF #25
I don’t know. I think sometimes we abandon too soon, and I don’t see in scripture where we are bid do that. There are some exceptions like … one’s life being threatened, or the young you may or may not have being threatened. And in the case of a believing/non-believing spouse we need to let them go if they so desire it. But sometimes we need to figure out what exactly we need to let go in order for a “fixing” to be made. I don’t. Not exhaustive in my thoughts, just a .. you can’t fix it that bond. It lasts forever.
Bless you and your friend.
I have never thought of that before. How to fix what is not broken.
Virtual hugs Loretta fmf#4
Thank you Loretta. Prayers are good.
Fixing definitely implies broken but sometimes, we don’t see the break. Julia broke her arm once and it needed fixed but we couldn’t tell it was broken except for the “hints” in the pain. Pain is an indicator and you see it so often in people and their relationships. This was a very good post, friend.
thank you Lori. Finding where the pain is, is sometimes trickier than we expect.
Visiting from FMF (#40). Thanks for sharing this thought-provoking question.
You are most welcome, thank you for stopping by. 🙂
This is great! Definitely going to share this with the other moms in our homeschool co-op. Thank you!
thank you.