Marriage is the celebration of daily commitment between a husband and wife. Marriage is the decision to commit yourself to your spouse alone.Once infidelity sets in, the purpose for that marriage is defeated.
Marriage is not an end in itself, it is a means to an end. As man is created in God's image, marriage is created in the image of Christ and the church. Therefore as man is required to imitate God (in being holy and living for His glory), marriage is to imitate the relationship between Christ and the church, with the husband imitating Christ (the sacrificial servant-leader) and the wife imitating the church (joyfully submitting to the sacrificial servant-leader).
The basis of true love in a marriage is commitment to God and your spouse alone. Nothing is more vital in a marriage than encouraging and appreciating your spouse. Be sure to tell your spouse, 'I love you' every day and show that love by your actions. It heals a lot of wounds. Communicating love and expressing admiration in both words and actions can enhance every marriage.
Why did God make men and women so unbelievably different? The main reason is so that we would have to depend on Him. God wants to be at the center of every marriage, so He made the relationship so difficult that we have to keep Him there to make it work. That's just like God, isn't it? He makes sure that He is the answer to all of life's problems. No two people can make marriage work by themselves. Without God's presence and power in your marriage, these are the things that will likely happen - you can stay together and limp along without God. Lots of couples—Christians and non-Christians—do that. It might be a decent marriage, a stable marriage. Nobody's going to leave. You're staying together—not because you're passionately in love, but out of obligation—because it's the right thing to do or because you have children and you don't want to break up the family.
Of course, staying together is the right thing to do. But it is not the right thing to stay together like that. If you do, you're settling for far less what God wants for your marriage and that is not what he has in mind for you. God wants marriage to be a glorious, passionate, deeply, intimate, sacred and magnificent love relationship. He wants us to connect in communication, to be best of friends, to meet each other's need, to have fun and to glorify Him in our love.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 is the most beautiful and moving descriptions of love ever written. You better sit down and read the passage because it might knock you off your feet. God wants you to experience it in your relationship and He will give it to you if you will give him the chance to demonstrate it through you.
6 Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
its jealousy* as enduring as the grave.*
Love flashes like fire,
the brightest kind of flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
nor can rivers drown it.
If a man tried to buy love
with all his wealth,
his offer would be utterly scorned.
This post is inspiring!
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