The Marriage Equation | Genesis 2:24

 





The Marriage Equation | Genesis 2:24


IN MY PREVIOUS CAREER, I WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER


AND I TAUGHT SEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE,

WHICH WAS BASICALLY INTRO TO BIOLOGY.

I TAUGHT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IF I'M BEING HONEST, I ALSO FORGOT A LOT OF WHAT I TAUGHT.


BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET THE EQUATION FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER, WITH SUNLIGHT ENERGY, MAKES SUGAR AND OXYGEN.

IN MY TIME AS A TEACHER, AND AS A STUDENT, THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF EQUATIONS I ACTUALLY STILL REMEMBER TODAY, LIKE A SQUARE PLUS B SQUARE EQUALS C SQUARE, 

OR Y EQUALS MX PLUS B,  OR FOIL: FIRST OUTER INNER LAST.


I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY OF THESE EQUATIONS

APPLY TO MY LIFE TODAY,

BUT THEY'RE IN THE MEMORY BANKS.

IN MARRIAGE, THERE'S ALSO A COMMON EQUATION  THAT I WAS USED TO HEARING: TWO BECOME ONE. YOU TAKE TWO PEOPLE, ME AND MY HUSBAND, AND ADD A WEDDING CEREMONY, AND WE BECOME ONE IN MARRIAGE.


THAT'S WHY WHEN I HEARD THINGS LIKE, "YOU COMPLETE ME,"

IT SOUNDED SO COMPELLING. TWO PEOPLE BECOMING ONE.

BUT WHEN I STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT IT,

HOW DOES TWO ACTUALLY BECOME ONE?MATHEMATICALLY, IF YOU TAKE ONE AND YOU ADD ONE, YOU END UP WITH TWO.


SO, HOW DO YOU TAKE ONE AND ONE AND END UP WITH ONE? BY MULTIPLICATION. MARRIAGE IS AN EQUATION OF MULTIPLICATION.

MARRIAGE HAS A MULTIPLYING EFFECT.


IF I ONLY BRING HALF OF ME, AND THE OTHER PERSON ONLY BRINGS HALF OF THEMSELVES, WE DON'T "COMPLETE" EACH OTHER.


MARRIAGE HAS A MULTIPLYING EFFECT, AND WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING WHEN YOU TAKE ONE-HALF  AND MULTIPLY IT BY ONE-HALF? YOU ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING WAY LESS.


IN SCRIPTURE THIS CONCEPT OF TWO BECOMING ONE  IS MENTIONED IN GENESIS 2:24, WHERE IT SAYS: "THAT IS WHY A MAN LEAVES HIS FATHER AND MOTHER "AND IS UNITED TO HIS WIFE, AND THEY BECOME ONE FLESH."


SO, FOR THE BEST WAY TO MAKE MY MARRIAGE WORK, THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS GIVE CONTROL OVER TO THE LORD

AND ASK HIM TO GIVE ME THE STRENGTH


TO BRING MY WHOLE SELF TO MY HUSBAND AND MARRIAGE. BRING THE FULL ME, THE FULL ONE. WHEN I DO THAT, AND MY SPOUSE BRINGS THE COMPLETE VERSION OF HIMSELF, THAT'S HOW TWO BECOMES ONE.

MARRIAGE IS AN EQUATION OF MULTIPLICATION.


WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE MARRIED,


PERHAPS THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TODAY  TO SURRENDER MORE TO GOD'S WILL.


THAT'S THE ONLY WAY

TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST, COMPLETE YOU.


God bless you 


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