"Alone in Marriage"
Marriage is a covenant relationship between God, a man and a woman. If a
man and woman desire for their relationship to become all that God
wants it to be, they will have to show mutual respect, share deep
feelings, cultivate kindness, express affection, and cherish one
another. Unfortunately, a marriage like that is rare indeed. More often
than not, it is just a forgotten dream, a
newlywed hope, soon crushed beneath the demands of living. Studies
indicate that only about 10% of all marriages ever reach their
relational potential, while the rest struggle along the mediocrity or
end in divorce.
Think of it! Marriage, which was created by God
to end the loneliness of human beings, is often the loneliness place of
all. Couples live in in the same house, share the same bed, parent the
same children, even make "love" yet they never really touch each other.
They are together but very much alone.
But it doesn't have to
be that way. God still intends for marriage to be a special
relationship, one in which two people truly become one with each other,
experience the deepest intimacy, and discover the most complete
fulfillment of which they are capable.
Let me conclude with
saying, "It doesn't just happen." In reality marriage is both a gift and
a discipline. God gives us each other and the tools for cultivating our
blessed oneness, but it is up to us to work the soil of our
relationship all the days of our lives.
"May your fountain be
blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a
graceful deer--may her breast satisfy you always, may you ever be
captivated by her love." Proverbs 5:18,19
Praying for you today...
Chad O
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