Chapter Three ~ A Covenant of Companionship

"She is your companion and your wife." Malachi 2:14

God created us with a need for companionship. Marriage was designed to be the primary source on earth for that companionship. As wives we are called to be a companion and friend to our husband. We are to be close to their hearts. This responsibility is not dependant on the behavior of our spouse. Christ was known as the one who ate with "tax collectors and sinners". When we were deep in our sin, He was a friend by suffering on a cross, extending a hand of mercy and forgiveness. We can show who Christ is by being a friend to our husband when he sins. We can show him mercy, forgiveness and tenderhearted help.
Marriage is a covenant. It is to be an unending relationship of companionship. God has entered into a covenant with His people. He has united Christ with His bride, the church. "You cannot be the kind of companion and helper that God created you to be without first being renewed by His transforming covenant in your heart...we who have tasted of the mercy of His covenant love are now enabled to flow out with it to our husbands." p. 57

Jeremiah 31:34 says "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
God has forgiven my iniquity and my sin He no longer remembers! Because of God's faithfulness to me I have the power to forgive when I am sinned against. I have the power to remember that sin no more. God in His goodness has done so much for me, He loves me so completely. I can only ask Him to enable me to do the same for the one He has given me to be a companion to for the rest of my days.