"Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.' So the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man He made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then man said, 'This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.' Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed." - Genesis 2:18, 21-25
We just finished up a marriage series titled "I DO" at The Refuge - The final message on Sunday was concluded with a renewal of marriage vows and it was a GREAT moment for many people.
Can you imagine what it was like when God joined Adam and Eve together - the first wedding ever??? It must have been pretty awesome!
I wish it would have been that Adam and Eve lived happily ever after, but they didn't...SIN entered the human race and we've been warring against the flesh, the world and the devil since then.
I want to remind you that there is NO perfect marriage, but with God all things are possible (Matt. 19:26).
A God-ordained marriage is one between one man and one woman - two people with very different ways of thinking, but God knew what He was doing when He made each one and joined the two together.
It takes hard WORK to build a relationship with your spouse. There will be mountain top experiences as well as seasons in the valleys, but "till death do us part" is what we promised before God.
I pray that you and your spouse are in the Word of God so that you can do the Work of God to His glory in your marriage and be a testimony of His love, grace and mercy through your relationship.
Husbands, remember to hold fast to your wife and love her.
Wives, remember to hold fast to your husband and respect him.
It's all done "as to the Lord" so as to have a God-glorifying marriage and leave a legacy worth following for your children.
One flesh - Shameless Oneness!
