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Achieving Oneness Jan 22 2009
"...and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one." - Mark 10:8
Jesus describes marriage as two people becoming one flesh. What does this mean? Now an obvious meaning is an expression of sexual intimacy. But it is more than that. There is also an emotional oneness. For instance, upon the death of a life-long mate, many people will declare, "I feel like a part of me has just been ripped away." And that's exactly right! God wants your marriage to be so close that your flesh almost literally does become one.
But that's not all. Mostly importantly, there is also a spiritual oneness that occurs in a Christ-centered marriage. That is why Christians are called to marry Christians - we cannot possibly have this oneness with an unbeliever who has different spiritual priorities. Spiritual oneness can only be achieved by growing in Christ together.
God wants us to have the best of His creation. The best marriage is formed through sexual, spiritual, and emotional oneness.
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Yes, report it NevermindSo very true.
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Yes, report it NevermindIn finances and households you'll find the same thing. She's good at somethings and he's good at somethings. Without both, the house is not complete. In finances, say rent houses, I see that she may be good at, for example, screening prospective renters, he's good at handyman things like stopping the faucet drip. Take her out of the picture and he's got renters that rip him off. Take him out of the picture and the plumbing bills are eating up everything. Take either out of the picture and the income producing property does not produce.
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Yes, report it NevermindMy philosophy is simple:
HAPPY WIFE = HAPPY LIFE!
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Yes, report it Nevermindlove your comment Grant, it's practical
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Yes, report it NevermindYes Grant, it is true if our wife is not happy then nobody is happy. Have a blessed day.
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Yes, report it NevermindI pray that many in our nation and around the world will step up to the one flesh (as God put it) marriage. I find it interesting that in the Bible God often uses the word flesh in a negative connotation but in this instance of marriage it is a positive use of the word.