All in Marriage
June is the Month that most weddings occur in the Northern Hemisphere, and since Ann and I just celebrated our anniversary I thought this would be a good time to talk about what is required to stay married. Will a marriage last, or is there a black cloud hanging over it? How do we approach conflicts between husband and wife? What happens when the world collapses on us?
Marriage, it is more than a simple ceremony, it is a Holy covenant that was first established between Adam and Eve in Genesis, continues throughout scripture as the model for all men and women to follow, and is the same covenant by which we see Jesus coming to claim His Church in the book of Revelation. When we marry we are entering into this covenant before God, and for us it is meant to be a lifelong promise of love, respect, and the creation of a new creature as we become one flesh. Each time we witness a marriage it is not only the establishment of a promise between those two people, but a reminder to all of us who have made this pledge, of the covenant we entered into with our own spouses. For every Christian it is also a very real reminder of the coming Christ. How healthy are our marriages? How true are we to our covenant?