Health & Fitness
Marriage: Like Drops on a Glass
Like the combination of water droplets on a glass, a strong marriage brings together two individuals to form one united relationship.
(For the past couple weeks on Thursdays [Blue Bell and Marriage, Giving Your Best Effort], I’ve been posting segments from my book, Married to Jesus. Today’s post is from “Chapter 8: One Flesh”!)
Have you ever caught yourself in a daze looking out the window when it’s raining? Or watching the water drip down the glass door of the shower? Or even anticipating the condensation as it gathers on a glass of iced tea? I find myself sometimes in awe as one droplet moves down a particular path until it combines with another droplet and the two then move together as one down the glass.
This is how I envision God’s description of the relationship of husband and wife in Genesis 2:24. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.” Becoming one flesh is like those two droplets flowing together to make the journey as one for the rest of their existence. Once they meet in the flow, there is no distinguishing one from the other. There is no separation. One is not stronger or better or more impressive than the other.
To take this analogy further, when those two drops form one, the new drop is bigger and more powerful than the two were separately, isn’t it? The same is true for a husband and wife who truly implement the idea of one flesh into their lives. They become a great force when they are bound together in Christ; a strong force that is extremely difficult to divide.
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