Every love relationship begins with a connection. People are mysteriously drawn to one another. As they visit and share with each other, a bond begins to form. This couple decides to leave their families, forsake others, join one another, and start a life together as a couple. This is how God made us. This desire to join with another with a permanent bond of love is inside each of us.
As the couple lives together and cares for each other, they will become closer and closer. They will share the hardships of life in the home and out of the home. As time goes by, the two will become one flesh, no longer two but one. This is the relationship that God wants each of us to have. This is his ideal. Very few couples get as far as God would like. Humanity gets in our way, and we fall short of the ideal.
This sense of oneness that happens between two people was somehow placed mysteriously in every person by our Creator. No matter the race, culture, wealth, or refinement, this sense of connection is real and desired. It happens all over the globe.
We have no idea what draws two people together. It is a mystery. As mysterious as our human connections and relationships are, God does not stop there. These human relationships are to show us how to have a relationship with him. They are to show us how to connect with our heavenly Father, our spirit to his Spirit. This is also a mystery. We become connected to him, and he lives within us.
As a couple lives together and begins a true union, we also dwell together with our Lord. Our union with him becomes stronger and more complete. As we abide with him, he becomes one flesh with us, and we with him.
(John 14:23 NAS77) If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him.
(John 14:20 NAS77) In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
This is like the pictures of the hands shown above. Our fingers touch, and we are connected. Afterward, the hands begin to slowly come together as we become one. This happens over a lifetime. Then we are one. Neither of these two relationships happens without our participation. All relationships must have two partners that participate together.
When the fingers touch, it represents the wedding between the two people. The movement of the hands and fingers as they come together would represent the marriage. Likewise, the initial connection with our Lord would be considered salvation. The sliding of the hands together would be considered sanctification.
For either relationship to be healthy, we must participate every day. Each day, we should consider the sacrifices of both our Lord and our spouse. Remember the good things our Lord has done for us. Remember the early times in our marriages. They have both sacrificed everything they are and everything they have. We are to remember how they have loved us and cared for us. We get to give them our lives and our love again every day. We should pledge our love and allegiance every day. Our love will grow stronger. Our relationships will grow stronger. Our unions will become complete.
Many have been taught God is a distant God, hard to approach and uncaring. God is very close to us and cares for us more than we can ever know. He is inside of us.
