So what's with marriage? You may be reading this and think one of 2 views....marriage is important and key OR marriage is irrelevant and a waste of time & money.
Now as I have been studying and sharing in a sermon series about why marriage matters....and the matters of marriage, I have really heard some fascinating and painful stories surrounding marriage.
When you think about marriage, the good or the bad, it's easy to take credit or to dish out dismay, but hold on! As I heard the quote, "one unhappy single person who gets married doesn't make that person into a happily married person, but just an even more unhappy person who is now married."
The other reality of marriage is that it basically magnifies the brokeness and weakness in a person's life. Say, if you had some insecurities about your looks or your were greedy before marriage, once married, these traits will now look HUGE! It's kind of like the analogy of your heart being like a bridge (take the orange bridge in Port Alberni). From a distance the bridge can look pretty solid, but under the weight and load of a loaded logging truck, things are a bit different. The areas of weakness and cracks, weren't put their by the logging truck, but were made known by the logging truck.
So....marriage is like a logging truck going through your heart.
Well, before you say, "Forget this marriage stuff...." Hold on.
There is hope....because God created marriage between a man and a woman. I repeat God created marriage as a gift and plan for humanity!
He first said there would be this incredible union where 2 would become one. The physical, emotional, spiritual, financial oneness that God has created us and allowed us to experience is a beautiful and amazing gift. This gift of oneness is symbolic of how God is in perfect community and unity between the other members of the Trinity (Son & Holy Spirit). (Now to clarify, God doesn't want to have sex with us).
Marriage for sure then, is a daily opportunity to share our weaknesses with another person....and then ask God and them to have the grace and mercy to bear with us as we love and serve them for God's glory!
