"Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate." -Mark 10:7-9
God's intent is that a man and women were created to compliment each other. It is not just about procreation - but for the purpose of living out their lives together in magnificent harmony. Mutually supportive. That kind of relationship is within reach unless it is not God who has joined them together. Very often people get married or choose to live together and God has no place in their relationship.
There is no more fulfilling relationship between husband and wife than that which is God honoring and other-centered. Have you ever used a nail bent over when you needed a bolt but didn't have one? In the Army we called that a "field expedient". It works for a while, but not well. A marriage is not about what you can get out of it, but more, what you can put into it. Focusing on the needs of your spouse and not yourself. When you both have that godly attitude and understanding - you have a very fulfilling relationship. You are living as God intended.
"Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies." - Ephesians 5:22-28
The wife submitted to the needs of her husband - the husband submitted to the needs of the wife. Making myself less so my wife can be more. If she is the most important person on this planet, why on God's green earth would I not want to do that.
The problem is our sin nature. The solution is faith and walking by the Spirit and not the flesh.
"But I [Paul] say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh." - Galatians 5:16
The problems arise when we focus on us and not them. When we drift away from God and depend on ourselves. That is how the world works. I suspect that there will be some who read this thinking that they have messed it up. It's too late. But God can set things right. He is the God of new beginnings. It starts with you.
Just know that when a husband and wife are one - as God intended - there is no loneliness - just joy and fulfillment. That is when one is not the loneliest number.
Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory.
By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone
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