Lessons From Genesis
I thought I would share a little about marriage from the Bible. Genesis 2:21-25 (Amp)
21And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs or a part of his side and closed up the [place with] flesh.
22And the rib or part of his side which the Lord God had taken from the man He built up and made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
23Then Adam said, This [creature] is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of a man.
24Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
25And the man and his wife were both naked and were not embarrassed or ashamed in each other’s presence.
Now, here are some of the things that stand out to me.
1) Woman was taken out of man. We complete each other. Together we are whole. We should not try to be like each other, God made us different. When women try to be like men (I can do anything HE can do), they also take on all the consequences of being like men. They are asking for more stress, earlier death, and being less emotional. When men try tobe like women, they are feminizing themselves, giving up their masculinity, and becoming wimps (yes, I think feminine men are wimps!).
2)Marriage means that we leave our parents, not just their house, but the emotional attachment that keeps us running to them for every little thing. We are to look to our spouse for that encouragement, strength, good advice (not that we never need our parents, but we must not give them priority over our spouse), and attentiveness we once looked to our parents for.
3)Cleave- to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly. DO this and you will be stuck together….in a wonderful way!
4)Be naked together. Not just physically, but in all honesty, emotionally, communication, and any other way possible. Of course, being naked together physically is important too- and remember, enjoy each other.
As long as we stick to doing things with the purpose of making marriage wonderful, it will become better each day.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
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