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Aug 10

Marital Hope

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.
(Ephesians 5:31-32 ESV)

I was struck today while reading “This Momentary Marriage” by John Piper by the role that marriage plays in our world.  Piper restates and elaborates on the point that Paul made in Ephesians 5:31-32.  Piper articulates the biblical truth that marriage was formed from the beginning [Gen 2:24].  God intended marriage to be a picture and a parable revealing the relationship Christ has to His church.  Something struck me, however, that I’ve never pondered before.  God said, “Therefore a man shall leave his mother and father and hold fast to his wife”.  And in saying that, he was picturing what Christ would do for His bride, the church.

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26
Jul 10

Something to Behold

From time to time I am taken aback by my wife and her beauty.  We have almost spent 2 years together in the refinement of marriage.  These have been two years of unfathomable value to me.  My wife is perhaps the single greatest teacher I have.  I often find her to be the impetus of growth and the balm to my wounds.  I am the recipient of untold grace, support, and encouragement from her.

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Jul 10

Emotion Meets Reason: a marriage

I’m an extremely emotional individual; I always have been.  Even as a young child, I felt everything with extreme depth and poignancy. Through a formula of heart-hardening ingredients, I was taught that my emotions were arrogant back seat drivers.  They called out from the back row of the minivan, but reason was at the wheel and only seldom did he make a wrong turn.

But then I met Jesus in another man’s life in college.  I’ve been un-learning and re-learning ever since.  One of the ways I’ve been flying upside down unawares, was in thinking that emotions played a tertiary role in life.

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22
Jun 10

Eden Undone

I recently was asked to recount my story and how faith in Jesus became such a central part of my life:

I’ve been searching my whole life.  It began as a very young child:  An intense longing to matter complicated by the fact that I am the only adopted son of three children.  As seems to be the testimony of most with a similar lot in life, an identity crisis existed that was nearly inconsolable by either of my parents.  A taste of this here, a touch of that there.  That is how it began.  I can say with confidence now that God protected me in my search to a large degree.

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