Two Ticks, No Dog is the phrase that resonated with me as I was listening to RC Sproul Jr.’s lecture on the challenges to Godly marriages. Both my wife and I are in the season of disciplining from the Lord and discipleship from His living Word; and His main purpose has been to redefine in our minds what it means to be a husband and a wife under the Lord’s umbrella. I have been meditating on Ephesians 5:25-3,
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.[a] 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
and progressively the Lord has been pointing out those dark and grey areas in my own mind and heart that need purging. I’ll invite you to watch the video below in its entirety and be sure to take thorough look at Ephesians 5 and Romans 12:1-2
My name is Tayib Salami and I started Tayibs.com for the sole purpose of exploring difficult questions about the Christian faith that most of us shy away from. In 2017, I entered a very dark time in my life and it’s only by the grace of the Living God that I’m still alive today. It led me to really go deeper in my faith and consider a myriad of questions that I never thought about asking myself or others before. Welcome and enjoy the ride with me.