Gods Design For Marriage

      Genesis 2:18
    "It is not good man be alone; i will create a helper fit for him"   

  Right from the beginning God created man to have a partner, to have someone to share everything in life with, first it was with Adam and Eve.
Then we zoom to Romeo and Juliet, and then The Notebook. But if anyone knew real love, they'd know the greatest love story of all time is your relationship with Jesus above all else. Your love. Your life. We always like to think in life that the best love stories are in movies, and books we read. They can only be made up, and no one will ever love us like that.
Fact is, you have a God that loves you more than anyone on this planet ever will, more than any script writer can handle, His love for you is in no comparison to this world.
There are countless verses on Gods design for marriage, but lets start with 1 Peter 3
(3:3-5) "Do not let your adorning be external- the braiding of your hair and the putting of your gold jewelry, or the clothing your wear- but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious"... Your beauty is within, and i know we've all been told that a million times, but its only because its absolutely true!
The right guy God places in your life will come along who was fit for you, and not only rock your world, but show you Gods love. 
People always say it takes a village to raise a child, well it takes a community to make a marriage. God said I chose marriage to reflect who I am in the trinity, serving and loving one another. 
When you're married its a covenant, not a contract- its not "do this, and I'll give you this". It's i love you right now, i want you right now, i pursue you right now, i give you grace right now. and when you understand that, you'll be able to give it back to the other person in your marriage. 

God wanted to show us through marriage; His love. It's the closest thing we can get to Gods love, and in this life- people need love. always. 
In my life, I know obviously that I've never been married. I pray that one day when I am it is a covenant  not a contract- that we love not envy, that we show grace and love each other as Christ loves us. I know that I've experienced love, felt it and know what it is. 
It can be hard, but at the end of the day it needs to be in Christs design- if its not, it's not love. 
As Jeff Bethke says "You need to search her heart, and her mind first before you ever touch her booty. Maybe invest the same amount of time in her, as you do in Call of Duty." 

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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