Marriage In a Perfect World

Marriage

In a Perfect World

This happens if we remember it is

God who joins them together.

Most of us grew up with fairy tales and

in our minds we dreamed of living happily

ever after with the spouse of our dreams.

 

The imperfections of life have brought

great disappointment to so many that a cynical

and critical spirit now replaces the heart of joy.

This is not the way God intended it to be.

When God designed marriage,

 He designed it in a perfect world.

God, the Father, picked the bride

and brought her to the man.

There was no mistake, there was only

one choice and God made it for them.

To get marriage back to the perfect world,

 we must recognize that whatever God has

joined together no one should separate.

Whether looking for a spouse

or you have a spouse,

 the closer two people get to God

the closer they will get to each other.

Another interesting thing in the perfect

world of Eden, God blessed the couple.

This blessing reminds me of 2 Peter 1:3…

“His divine power has given us everything

we need for life and godliness” NIV

  

Every prevision for life was found in what God

had created, the couple just had to go out and get it.

Everything for godliness.

 God took a walk in the cool of the

day looking for Adam and Eve.

At the end of each day,

God was there to help them.

We still find this advice to walk with

God each evening in Ephesians 4:26-27.

“Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,

and do not give the devil a foothold.” NIV

The perfect marriage is to be a growing marriage. 

"Be fruitful and increase in number; fill

the earth and subdue it. Rule…” Genesis 1:28 NIV

When a person falls in love, they feel

like they are on top of the world.

God wants that feeling to be a reality.

“So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them.”

Genesis 1:27 NIV

Marriage was to recreate the image

of God in our children; in our family.

Because of sin, the bride and the groom

were removed from the perfect world.

But it is not hopeless.

Every purpose and provision God

 had for marriage is still available.

A couple should not expect perfection

from each other; that belongs solely to God.

The married couple needs not minimize each other's weaknesses,

but always be swift to praise and magnify each other's points of comeliness

and strength, and see each other through kind and patient eyes.

Maybe living happily ever after is possible

for those who draw near to God.

Scripture Reading NIV

Genesis 1:27-28

27 So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

2 Peter 1:3-9

3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

Ephesians 4:26-27

"In your anger do not sin":

 Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,

27 and do not give the devil a foothold.