Relationship’s Secret Ingredient

Ephesians 5:21
By Harold Dinsmore
© 2007 Harold Dinsmore

A wife woke up one morning and said, “Honey, I just had a dream that you bought me a new gold necklace. What do you think it means?”  “I don’t know, but Valentine’s Day is coming soon. Tuesday, you’ll know,” He replied.  A few nights later, she again woke up after having a dream, “This time, I dreamed you gave me a pearl necklace. What do you think it means?”  “You’ll know Tuesday,” He replied.  The night before Valentine’s Day, she again woke up telling him about her dream, “This time I dreamed that you brought me a diamond necklace. What do you think it means?”  “Honey, be patient. "You’ll know tonight." he said.  That evening, the husband came home with a package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it--to find a book entitled, "The meaning of dreams." (Email story: author and source unknown).

Well, today we are not necessarily going to be talking about dreams per se, but we do have a dream that I want to present to you that can revolutionize your entire marital situation be you married over 50 years or newly weds and if you are single that can change the way you relate to your friends.  It is a small verse, some may think it obscure, but in reality it packs a big punch.  Ephesians 5:21.  Turn there with me.  I want you all to read along as I read it aloud.  “Submit to one another, out of reverence to Christ.”