In the 21st century, it seems as if marriage is alive and well. I say 'seems' because while people are marrying at a record pace, as fast as people marry, people divorce. There are many reasons why people marry, and many reasons why they divorce, and I am not going into the reasons for either side of that equation here.
Marriage, however is truly an institution, as I have often heard it referred to; an institution that was designed to teach us so much. For a Christian, it is an excellent learning tool that God, if we humble ourselves to Him, can use to school us in the ways of forging out a deep and loving relationship with our earthly spouse, as well as an the intimate relationship with Him that we all so desperately need. How, you may ask?
By putting God first, in our marriage. He is the best Father--He's truthful, and can tell us in love when or where we are going wrong. He is the best Confidant--who keeps our secrets, and wipes our tears, and delights in our joys, and eliminates our fears. Need I say more? Our God is truly a soft place to fall as we navigate through our marriage. And, we become better spouses and better sons and daughters of the Most High God.
It is imperative then, that we do not enter marriage ill-advisedly, or hastily. Marriage must be entered into with the thought of permanency, and a sense of deep commitment to each other. This is how we may more readily learn from, and appreciate, the huge life-lesson that marriage is, a live-lesson that God uses as a teaching tool, even as we are living it. Awesome! So spouses, happy learning!
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