"Marriage"

  One of the greatest blessings in life from God the Father is marriage! It is a part of our history in this phase of our lives while on this earth. Marriage shows us what commitment is about, what holiness should be about and what our lives to the Lord are about!

  When someone speaks of monogamy, they are speaking of one man and one woman in marriage. But monogamy is more than that. It is one man and one woman that are so committed and so loving that they simply will not share that with anyone else in the same way they share with one another! Marriage is a man and woman that are so committed to one another that speaks: "We may have friends and relationships that come and go but I never will! I will be there no matter what! If you're sick, I'm your caretaker. I will do anything for you EXCEPT LEAVE YOU! That's the way God intended it to be. 

  Marriage isn't always easy. It's not always those flowers sent, candlelight dinners and as some say, "sweet nothings" whispered in the ears. But at the same time, marriage isn't all that tough either. What I have learned from the Lord in looking at His desire for marriage, marriage is what the Lord is to you! However you view the Lord and your relationship to Him, that's how you will view your marriage. We've seen those who loving, faithfully place themselves under the loving hand of Jesus. You look at their marriages and there is no doubt, those two will be those two until the day they die. They leave room for NO ONE else because they love the Lord, they love one another. There will be no adultery! There will be no one allowed to desecrate the relationship because they realize the preciousness of the blood and that preciousness is realized in their relationship to one another. 

  Our marriages are kept pure and holy because we are kept pure and holy in our faith to the Lord. Marriage relationships are nurtured! Marriage relationships are cherished! Don't we do that in our relationship to the Lord? Let go of the Lord Jesus and marriage will become less than the Lord intended. Look at your marriage and what do you see? Really, what do you see? Is it a reflection of the Lord?