By Mike & Marilyn Phillipps
Disposable curtains, disposable
sheets
Disposable covers for your
seats.
Use it once, use it twice.
Throw it out when no longer
nice.
Disposable forks, disposable
plates,
Disposable memories, forgettable
dates.
Throw away cartons, discardable
pens,
Disposable trash bags, where
will it end?
Nothing's for certain, nothing
lasts.
Today is important, forget
the past.
Keep it if it's important
to you,
Toss it if it's lost it's
hue.
Once she loved, but now it's
died.
He said he cared, but you're
sure he lied.
Forget the vows, toss the
rings,
Throw them out as disposable
things.
Discard the old and find a
new,
A better one, a one that's
true.
Vow new vows, keep them for
a season,
Then toss them out if you've
got good reason.
Discard the home and the family,
too,
Pursue those things important
to you.
God wants you happy, not enduring
a cross,
Too bad your happiness is
your children's loss.
Children crying late at night,
Hearts broken by parental
strife.
One good parent is better
than two.
Another lie the devil's got
through.
Disposable parents, conditional
love,
Teach your children of the
Father above.
God says His love is eternal
too,
How do they know His Word
is true?
Maybe He'll leave when the
going gets tough,
Maybe His love isn't strong
enough.
Maybe He loves conditionally
too,
And throws you out when He's
done with you.
How can a child know that God's
love is strong?
When the earthly example of
parent is wrong?
You vowed a vow. Is your word
true?
Those children's eyes are
watching you.
Do we who contain the Hope
of Glory,
Have no answers for this ugly
story?
How can we be overcomers in
the street,
When in our own homes we're
being beat?
The world has no answers for
marital strife,
All they can tell you is "Get
on with life."
The devil rejoices in a chance
to revile,
John 13:35 is really on trial.
Don't let Satan take your marriage
and home,
Tell him to back off and leave
them alone.
The name of Jesus is still
above divorce,
The thing does not simply
have to run it's course.
If nothing is impossible to
the God we serve,
Get out your Sword and throw
the devil a curve.
God is faithful and His Word
is true,
What He's done for others,
He'll do for you.
Covenant love is covenant love,
Between man and wife or with
our Father above.
It's strong and stable, unconditional,
too,
And it's never discarded for
something new.
Mike and Marilyn Phillipps
are the founders and international
directors of Marriage Ministries
Intl, a ministry that develops and
nurtures marriages through
principles found in God's scripture.
Check out their web site at
www.marriage.org. © 1987 Marriage
Ministries International.