That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. - Genesis 2:24
The process of becoming one requires more than chemistry and great conversation. It requires an unrelenting commitment to the slow process of becoming one. But exactly how is this supposed to happen?
The only how-to we find in Genesis 2:24 is that the man leaves his father and mother and is united or joined to his wife. Together, they each bring their unique backgrounds, personalities, habits, quirks, and pet peeves into holy matrimony when they say “I do.” This sounds more like a recipe for friction than it does oneness.
In the Hebrew this word united means to cling or keep close. However, after the honeymoon period ends, sometimes the last thing either spouse wants to do is cleave to one another.
The daily pressures and challenges of marriage are enough to make us want to run away from the continual process of clinging. We are often tempted to leave the marriage whether it be a physical, emotional, or mental escape. But here in Genesis God offers us some difficult to swallow marital advice. The joining described in Genesis 2:24 is not conditional.
When the other spouse gets on our nerves we are to keep clinging. When we cannot seem to agree we are staying close to one another. When our feelings are hurt we should still cleave.
Scripture gives us no easy out when it comes to the daily work of becoming one. It also doesn’t place restrictions on how we cleave. We may need to employ the support and accountability of marriage mentors or professional counselors. Cleaving may require us to join a small group or share our challenges with another trusted couple.
It is here in our resolve to cleave that God is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine. This is where he transforms one or both of our desires to be inline with His. He causes us to compromise when we naturally seek to fight for our own way. He enables us to apologize when we would rather be apologized to. When we continually commit to the selfless work of cleaving, God supernaturally takes two vastly different people and makes them one.
The process of becoming one requires more than chemistry and great conversation. It requires an unrelenting commitment to the slow process of becoming one. But exactly how is this supposed to happen?
The only how-to we find in Genesis 2:24 is that the man leaves his father and mother and is united or joined to his wife. Together, they each bring their unique backgrounds, personalities, habits, quirks, and pet peeves into holy matrimony when they say “I do.” This sounds more like a recipe for friction than it does oneness.
In the Hebrew this word united means to cling or keep close. However, after the honeymoon period ends, sometimes the last thing either spouse wants to do is cleave to one another.
The daily pressures and challenges of marriage are enough to make us want to run away from the continual process of clinging. We are often tempted to leave the marriage whether it be a physical, emotional, or mental escape. But here in Genesis God offers us some difficult to swallow marital advice. The joining described in Genesis 2:24 is not conditional.
When the other spouse gets on our nerves we are to keep clinging. When we cannot seem to agree we are staying close to one another. When our feelings are hurt we should still cleave.
Scripture gives us no easy out when it comes to the daily work of becoming one. It also doesn’t place restrictions on how we cleave. We may need to employ the support and accountability of marriage mentors or professional counselors. Cleaving may require us to join a small group or share our challenges with another trusted couple.
It is here in our resolve to cleave that God is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine. This is where he transforms one or both of our desires to be inline with His. He causes us to compromise when we naturally seek to fight for our own way. He enables us to apologize when we would rather be apologized to. When we continually commit to the selfless work of cleaving, God supernaturally takes two vastly different people and makes them one.
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. - Genesis 2:24
The process of becoming one requires more than chemistry and great conversation. It requires an unrelenting commitment to the slow process of becoming one. But exactly how is this supposed to happen?
The only how-to we find in Genesis 2:24 is that the man leaves his father and mother and is united or joined to his wife. Together, they each bring their unique backgrounds, personalities, habits, quirks, and pet peeves into holy matrimony when they say “I do.” This sounds more like a recipe for friction than it does oneness.
In the Hebrew this word united means to cling or keep close. However, after the honeymoon period ends, sometimes the last thing either spouse wants to do is cleave to one another.
The daily pressures and challenges of marriage are enough to make us want to run away from the continual process of clinging. We are often tempted to leave the marriage whether it be a physical, emotional, or mental escape. But here in Genesis God offers us some difficult to swallow marital advice. The joining described in Genesis 2:24 is not conditional.
When the other spouse gets on our nerves we are to keep clinging. When we cannot seem to agree we are staying close to one another. When our feelings are hurt we should still cleave.
Scripture gives us no easy out when it comes to the daily work of becoming one. It also doesn’t place restrictions on how we cleave. We may need to employ the support and accountability of marriage mentors or professional counselors. Cleaving may require us to join a small group or share our challenges with another trusted couple.
It is here in our resolve to cleave that God is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine. This is where he transforms one or both of our desires to be inline with His. He causes us to compromise when we naturally seek to fight for our own way. He enables us to apologize when we would rather be apologized to. When we continually commit to the selfless work of cleaving, God supernaturally takes two vastly different people and makes them one.
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