Marriage

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My concept of marriage has changed significantly in the past few days. I always believed that marriage was the union of two people who are entirely in love with each other and God so that they may better accomplish His will on earth. I believed it to be an agreement between two people to love and hold until death dissolves the union.

Today, I understand that I missed the point. Marriage isn't a partnership. Marriage isn't a commitment. Marriage isn't even for going forth and multiplying. Marriage is an act of worship. We surrender ourselves to a bond. We cease to be ourselves. Instead of an individual, we are one flesh... "and they will become one flesh." Gen 2:24b. A different flesh. HIS flesh. A flesh wholly devoted to honoring (worshiping) Him.

We also honor God through the practice of our marriage: "When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth." Gen 5:3. In the same way that God created us in His image (Gen 1:27), our marriages are a commemoration of His act of creation - reflecting our praises upward through godly rearing of children.

Marriage isn't about us. It's about Him.