Fireproof, The Movie and Your Marriage.

I hope you all were able to make it to the movie, and that your marriage will prosper from the experience. I went into the movie a little skeptical. The trailer for the movie reminded me of either a “chick-flick” or the Left Behind series, I am not a fan of either. They’re just not my style. However, with Fireproof I was very pleasantly surprised. The plot was well done with fantastic imagery and allegory. Even the acting was believable. I can say this about many movies, other than Shrek of course.
Fireproof is a very simple, very real tale of a marriage that has fallen because of the two flawed individuals it incorporated. I think this represents far too many marriages these days, both in the church and out of the church. This is not how marriage was designed to work. God designed marriage to be a unity of three. A three-corded strand that is not easily broken.

Of course the relationship in movie is fixed as the husband steps up and does his job. Loving his wife as Christ loved the church, only with the guidance of a praying mother and father and a 40-day guidebook. I know is sounds cheesy. I thought so too. That is until I stepped up for my own marriage in the early years. It changed our relationship, it strengthened us for the trails that lay ahead. Other men in our midst have done the same. You can too.

Watch the movie, buy the Love Dare, whatever it takes to make you step up and continually love your wife as you were made to do. Read Ephesians 5:20-33, Genesis 2:18-25, 1 Corinthians 13 et al. but most importantly seek God’s guidance to become the husband you were designed to be. Don’t worry what the world will think, they be in awe of a powerful marriage. Don’t worry about what your wife will think, overcome her with sacrificial love. Don’t worry about what you kids will think, teach them what a healthy marriage looks like so they too will have one someday.

It’s not too late. The ball is in your court. Even if you marriage is healthy, renew your commitment to champion your wife. It will change you, your relationship with God and your marriage. Join me, do it today!