Marriage
Everyone, just about, is talking about it now
Marriage.
I wish someone had talked to me about it years ago
Marriage , that is.
As a forwarding young woman contemplating "I do's"
I certainly could have benefited from sound advice
Regarding marriage. . .
Regarding my marriage.
I went into it without reading the "fine print"
My marriage, that is.
It is a contract, you know
Me? I didn't know this
(about) My marriage. . .
My marriage happened.
With nay saying eyes as witnesses
I'm told at the altar, "Til death!"
When?? (when) My marriage happened, that is.
If I could "I do" it all over again,
I would choose my first love
Regarding my marriage. . .
Now, Folks, the truth of the matter is that marriage is hard work for anyone. I do not see why anyone in their right minds would delve into it as a matter of "rights". My advice - tread lightly, weigh the costs. I found out that marriage is more of a spiritual, than natural, right of passage. That is what I believe the controversies in society mainly stem from today.
God's Word reveals a clear case that calls for all of our understanding. Marriage is about Him, it is not about us. It is not about sex or procreation even. Truth be told - it is about order! That's right! keeping things on this earth in order. God likes things to be decent and in order. He is not an advocate of a lot of confusion, so He makes things plain for us to follow and understand them.
There are so many examples of this, here's a few:
- Sun and moon
- Day and night
- Heaven and earth
- Male and female
Scriptures support the notion of God preferring order after He gave mankind a charge to have dominion on the earth in that He left us to choose. We chose confusion and chaos instead. Something our Creator winked at for a long time before He decided we needed an "intervention", a.k.a. a flood, and set up laws at some point to show His original design and intent for mankind in comparison to what we were choosing for ourselves.
I don't need to bring up the (rhymes with "grey") matter at hand buzzing in our society today. Because it doesn't matter as much as everybody seems to think. What matters, then? I can't say that I know all the answers, but I do know that His Word does have answers to legitimate questions. It's just a matter of gaining understanding on all of our parts as citizens of the earth to HEAR what is being said. The answers are not in bold print or flashing letters for our perusal. We truly have to do a thorough search to find - truth. And truth can sometimes turn out to be quite harsh, it seems.
In the book of Romans (Chapter 7) it talks about being married in Christ. A guy named Matthew Henry made a comment on it long ago (similar to the blogs of today) saying that being brought into union with Christ is like being married to Another person. And the reason that God lists all that "stuff" equated with sin is only because that is what or who we chose to become acquainted with in union; therefore, in marriage. And when one chooses to marry another it is legally binding.
Only death can repeal it - sin. This is why the body of Jesus Christ is so important. His death legally divorces us from the "stuff" or sins we are forever bound to in this life (that 'ol ball and chain). I certainly don't want to die in order to get out of a bad marriage, do you? If Christ wanted to do it for you, I say let Him!!!
But guess what? His offer to help was because He's "in love" with mankind. Sooooooo the second marriage is to Christ for those who are willing to accept His proposal. Hey, first marriages suck for most people anyway; and real love is so hard to find.
. . .Marriage - it's not about the gay or straight of it, at all.
