THE LADY OR THE TIGER

When we were in Junior High School, we were assigned to read one exciting American short story that, at its climax, had the protagonist faced with a truly frightening choice.

He was forced to choose between opening one door or the other. Behind one door stood a beautiful lady, waiting specially for him. Behind the other door, pacing back and forth, with deadly feline ferocity, and ravenously hungry for his once a day meal was …. the tiger!

The amazing part of our own young, naive expectation was that we actually believed that only one of the choices was truly dangerous for the man, who was the subject of the story, and the object of the deadly dilemma.

Of course, as we identified with the man, we wished for him to certainly select the door with the lady, and….

And what, really?

Because frankly, knowing what we know today, as long as the man held in his possession a worthy weapon that he definitely knew how to wield, the safest selection might actually be the door behind which lurked the tiger.

Only one thing to do: Kill it. Finish. That`s all she wrote! And go on about his life.

Behind the other door, separating the beautiful lady from the man, could either be the best friend who would become his wife, or the destiny killer who could thwart or even destroy his precious life!

In very recent history, the same names seemed  to resurface in the shameful undressing of one of the world`s biggest sports superheroes before the full glare of global spotlights. Then, another tiger subjected his family and all who cherish covenant marriage to the unfolding saga of “ sexual addiction”, a new clinical name for an old and filthy affliction.

We can really only speculate on the true identity of the only lady that should matter..the wife, because especially in today`s celebrity showcase, some “stars”  pick their spouses with far less attention and care, than they pay to their selection of high priced designer wears or jewelry.

May that never be spoken of in our own marriages, whether we are known “stars” or quiet stars, sons and daughters of “The King.”

Marriage  is not about showcasing. He might be a handsome ‘hunk,’ and she might be a raving beauty, but “trophy “wives or husbands are the last things we should look for in the one that we shall cleave to for the rest of our lives.

For as the WORD of GOD says:

Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain. [Prov 31:30]

What we should be looking for, and even sacrificially seek to nurture in our Beloved is not the outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel, but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sigh of God of great price.[1 Peter 3: 3-4?]

Likewise, we must never measure the attractiveness or value of our Beloved by the property or wealth that he or she possesses. It is the promise of GOD for your Beloved, and the character of your spouse that matter. Build the wealth of your family together, with peace, with integrity, with Godly focus. That is the wealth you will truly enjoy, for it is only GOD who gives wealth, but does not add sorrow to it.

May you make wise decisions and Godly choices. You will never open the door and find that the beautiful lady or the handsome man is  in fact a ravenous tiger! May Father GOD close and lock forever every satanic door in our lives, and may HE open all the doors our enemies have shut. May HE daily anoint you and your Beloved freshly with Wisdom, Discerning Spirit, Favor, Mercy and Grace, in JESUS ‘precious and mighty Name!