Lately I’ve been seeing the media fawn over men and housework. One piece asserted that men who helped around the house had more sex. Another piece went so far as to allude to helping around the house being the secret to marital success, touting statistics about how much more time the modern man spends around the house and with the kids.
I always find these types of studies and their findings humorous…and annoying.
Man needs companionship, and biblical, ordained marriage is the most stable and rewarding version of that much needed companionship. Obviously, not everyone with eyes sees this, but it doesn’t stop them from trying. All who endeavor at marriage harbor at least an inner desire for forever, “til death do us part.” While this explains the human interest in studies about the characteristics of a successful marriage, it does not explain the less than stellar efforts at applying God’s standard for marriage to God’s establishment of marriage.
Now, there’s no need to feel bad or guilty, or to launch into the modern-day “don’t judge me” diatribe; not even the greats in the Bible got it completely right. God used Abraham to start a new covenant with man; Abraham slept with his wife’s servant…at his wife’s direction. Jacob would become Israel and the children of God would spring from the womb of his wife…and her servant…and his other wife…and her servant. Contrary to popular belief, 2 out of 3 can be bad; and there’s no reason to assume Isaac did it completely right; God simply may not have seen fit to share his sordid details.
The point is, no man is perfect, so no man’s marriage will be perfect. The good news is that God didn't call us to be perfect. He did, however, call us to be faithful and to love one another, and this covers a multitude of sins (through the Christ, it covers all sin…but that’s another marriage for another day). If those in marriage obey the Lord and seek Him first above all things, and then love one another as they love themselves, the FOREVER God will sustain their marriage.
If you exclude the author of life, love, and marriage from your life, love, or marriage, you’re building a house on sand.
Well, I should probably go empty the dishwasher.
I always find these types of studies and their findings humorous…and annoying.
Man needs companionship, and biblical, ordained marriage is the most stable and rewarding version of that much needed companionship. Obviously, not everyone with eyes sees this, but it doesn’t stop them from trying. All who endeavor at marriage harbor at least an inner desire for forever, “til death do us part.” While this explains the human interest in studies about the characteristics of a successful marriage, it does not explain the less than stellar efforts at applying God’s standard for marriage to God’s establishment of marriage.
Now, there’s no need to feel bad or guilty, or to launch into the modern-day “don’t judge me” diatribe; not even the greats in the Bible got it completely right. God used Abraham to start a new covenant with man; Abraham slept with his wife’s servant…at his wife’s direction. Jacob would become Israel and the children of God would spring from the womb of his wife…and her servant…and his other wife…and her servant. Contrary to popular belief, 2 out of 3 can be bad; and there’s no reason to assume Isaac did it completely right; God simply may not have seen fit to share his sordid details.
The point is, no man is perfect, so no man’s marriage will be perfect. The good news is that God didn't call us to be perfect. He did, however, call us to be faithful and to love one another, and this covers a multitude of sins (through the Christ, it covers all sin…but that’s another marriage for another day). If those in marriage obey the Lord and seek Him first above all things, and then love one another as they love themselves, the FOREVER God will sustain their marriage.
If you exclude the author of life, love, and marriage from your life, love, or marriage, you’re building a house on sand.
Well, I should probably go empty the dishwasher.
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