04/16/2026
There's a possessiveness that creeps into marriage over time. Not always the controlling kind. Sometimes it's subtler than that. It shows up as entitlement. As disappointment when your spouse doesn't meet your expectations. As frustration that the person you married isn't performing the way you need them to.
But your spouse was God's long before they were yours.
He knit them together. He knows them more completely than you ever will. He has plans for them that extend far beyond your marriage and your lifetime. And He entrusted them to you, not so you could reshape them in your image, but so you could love them in His.
That reframe changes everything. When you see your spouse as someone God loves deeply and has placed in your care, the way you speak to them changes. The patience you extend changes. The grace you offer when they fall short changes.
You're not just a husband or a wife. You're a steward of someone God calls His own.
That's not a small thing. It's worth living up to.
How would you treat your spouse differently today if you saw them first as God's?