If you are a Billy Joel fan or even if you are not, one of his songs called "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" shares a story about Brenda and Eddie. Brenda and Eddie started out great and ended up divorced. How many people do we know who become attracted and infatuated with each other, enjoyed a precious romance, beautiful wedding day and the inevitable sad divorce? How many people do we know who like Brenda and Eddie didn’t count on the tears? How many do we know who live a nice life style for a while, and then as a matter of course including kids, finances, jobs, focus on other things, end up in divorce? Why is a divorce such a matter of fact for so many who get married?
How many have gotten married with only a vague idea as to what they are getting into and the biblical purposes and reasons for marriage? Should we only get married to satisfy our sex drive, to multiply our family or thirst for companionship?
How many have gotten married with only a vague idea as to what they are getting into and the biblical purposes and reasons for marriage? Should we only get married to satisfy our sex drive, to multiply our family or thirst for companionship?
If you are married,why did you get married? Why did you marry the spouse you did? For your reasons, or God's reasons? What did you expect from your marital union? Did you know it was a covenant between you, your spouse and God? Did you get married to pursue God’s purposes for marriage or as millions of others, did you have a vague notion of perfection and thought that any problems and issues that came up would somehow work themselves out? How did you prepare for marriage? On your knees or in a bridal magazine?
I would like to touch on three of the purposes for marriage found in Scripture. Focusing on these purposes for marriage may help us get a true perspective of what God wants our marriages to be. A marriage that will glorify Him. Moreover, it is by seeking God’s glory first and foremost in life and in marriage that we can best experience a life and marriage in which we live joyfully ever after. I will go into each of the three in more detail in the next few days here in this blog, but to wet your appetite and give you something to think about they are:
I would like to touch on three of the purposes for marriage found in Scripture. Focusing on these purposes for marriage may help us get a true perspective of what God wants our marriages to be. A marriage that will glorify Him. Moreover, it is by seeking God’s glory first and foremost in life and in marriage that we can best experience a life and marriage in which we live joyfully ever after. I will go into each of the three in more detail in the next few days here in this blog, but to wet your appetite and give you something to think about they are:
1. God created marriage to spread godliness throughout the earth
2. God created marriage so to provide meaningful companionship
3. God created marriage to reflect His relationship with His people
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