부부 관계를 잘 유지하기 위해선 남편과 아내가 서로 싫어하는 것을 하지 말아야겠지만 부부 관계가 잘 성장하기 위해선 배우자가 좋아하는 것을 내가 싫어해도 하는 것입니다.
“Is anything too hard for the LORD?” “Nothing is impossible with God.” “Zechariah asked the angel, ‘How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.’ The angel said to him, ‘I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time’” (Luke 1:18–20). Meditating on this passage, I want to receive the lessons God gives us: (1) When the angel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah and said, “Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John…” (Luke 1:13–17), Zechariah’s response was: “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years” [(Modern Translation: “I am old, and my wife is advanced in years. How can such a thing be possible?” he asked)] (v.18). When I meditate on this passage, I think of Abraham and...