Today we get to follow up with John Markman and hear how Jesus has impacted his marriage and parenting.
John looks back to when he got married and now as a father thinks, “I would never let you marry my daughter.” Yet John was hungry and surrendered to the degree that a young guy could be when he and his wife married at age 24.
John had a vision to lay down his life for his wife. By grace that vision hasn’t changed. As he has discovered more about who he is in Christ and learned to rest in that grace it has moved him in the right direction.
Watch the video to hear what John’s dream in parenting is. It is a dream that compels him to see Jesus as sufficient. He loves his wife and his children dearly. And because of that love he purposes to accept and enjoy them. That heart posture empowers him to realize that there is nothing that he needs from his wife and his kids, though there are things he desires from them. This is the way God loves us.
This week let’s ask the Holy Spirit to show us how we can lay down our lives for others.
