Living on Commitment

The responsibility of mentoring is taught in the New Testament book of Titus (chapter 2) as well as in other passages in the Bible. We think having mentor couples who serve in young married Bible Fellowship groups is an important component to a group's health. It's a practice we've seen work time and again.

On Sunday in our 11:00 Bible Fellowship group, the class' mentor couple, Alan and Kris Savell, shared with the group. Over the past week, group members submitted questions for the Savells to address. The Savells were asked to share their personal testimonies, about how they met, about how Alan proposed, as well as the early years. They shared about the most difficult things they've dealt with as a couple as well as how they've dealt with in-law issues.

But in wrapping up their time of sharing, they were asked to share any wisdom they would offer to young couples. Alan referenced a song from the late 1990's by country musician Alan Jackson called "Living on Love". The song, released a couple of years after the Savells were married in 1994, contains the following lyrics:

Livin' on love, buyin' on time;
Without somebody nothing ain't worth a dime;
Just like an old fashioned storybook rhyme;
Livin' on love.

The Savells shared that their early years of marriage, while Alan was in medical school and Kris was in graduate school, were years of challenge but years filled with great memories. Years when they were, in Alan's words, "living on commitment". That's a great phrase and a great point.

Every couple should spend their years of marriage living on commitment.