Thursday, August 07, 2014
here's some quotes about marriage that i read in this article:
http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/your-wedding-is-still-something-worth-wanting
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"If you put two God-fearing, Jesus-following, but sinful people in such close proximity, with a covenant to keep them from running away, there will be tension, conflict, and hopefully change.
Perhaps the greatest means God has given us, under the Holy Spirit, for making us more like himself are the people in our lives who love us enough to confront our patterns of selfishness, unhealthiness, and sin. Marriage places that loving person with us in the same family, the same house, the same budget, and the same covenant promise. If God is unfailingly faithful to his promises, and the Holy Spirit really is more powerful that our weaknesses, and we both truly want more of God, he'll be using us to eradicate sin and cultivate righteousness in one another."
"You rarely see this kind of Christ-like love in other relationships because the stakes are never as high. A husband and wife have covenanted before God to love each other until death. There are no exit ramps or escape hatches. That might sound scary to some, but we were made for this kind of love - covenantal, enduring, lavish, promise-keeping love. It's how God loves us, and it's the kind of love that confirms - tangibly and regularly - the gospel we share with our needy world."
i talk so much about people despising singlehood, but i guess i have been guilty of the opposite: despising marriage! indeed my thoughts for singlehood have been nothing short of selfish, so i really have no right to say that singlehood is better than marriage!
this article reminded me that marriage is God-ordained since the beginning, and it was not an escape route for those who can't go it out alone.
"With all the pain, failure, and friction, it simply can't be worth it, can it?"
it's a messy and sacrificial road, but if it leads to knowing, loving and serving God better, it has achieved its aim. I guess, maybe it is worth it...
avoid the aliens;
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