A Day I Wouldn’t Forget
It was the morning of January 9, 1999. The day I had waited for my entire life. My dream was becoming reality before my very eyes. My loving sister got up early with me and we headed over to get my hair and make-up done…not even a rooster had crowed yet. But you see, my life was about to change. I knew for the better for I was marrying my favorite guy…my best friend. Little did I know how God would change my life in more ways than one that day. He was going to change me from the inside out, to look more like His Son through this refining process called: marriage.
Definition of Marriage
The online dictionary defines marriage as: “the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship.”
One of the words that stood out to me in that definition was union. What is a union anyway, besides a train station in Toronto? I love some of the synonyms found in the online dictionary: amalgamation, combination, synthesis, blending.
Cooking is something I have come to enjoy…well specifically I like to bake, so inevitably I need to get out my food processor and blend something together. What happens when you blend ingredients? That’s right: they become one. The many different ingredients you put in as s
eparate entities, have now been amalgamated (another word used to describe union) into one delicious creation. It may still need a little more work to make it a finished product, but the union has been completed through the blending process.
It’s the same in our marriage relationships. So often, we are trying to still live our lives separately, yet co-existing. It doesn’t work. We have to realize that when God created us to be united in marriage, He meant for us to not just co-exist but to become amalgamated together…combined, synthesized into one beautiful, blended creation: ONE.
Working Together
Just as in marriage, we are to be one with the Lord Jesus. He created us for Him and His glory. When we try to do life autonomously, we miss out on the fullness of life we could have had. We miss out on bringing God glory through every aspect of our life.
John 17:3 says: “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”
That word “know” is the same word used for the intimacy between a man and wife. So, God wants to have that kind of intimacy with us…a closeness…a oneness with us, His bride.
Ephesians 5:31-32: “FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.”
Being One With the Lord
Are you one with Him? Do you give Him the first part of your day or your sloppy seconds and thirds? Are you giving Him the time where you are more easily distracted? This is something I am still growing in, but long to be consistent with, in every area of my life. These days are becoming more and more evil and thus more and more people are being deceived with lies that are being taught all over the place. Knowing the truth of God’s Word and living in a place of total submission and surrender to Him are paramount to living in oneness and unity with Him in every area of our lives.
Please see more on the story of how God transformed our marriage in a book Dana wrote for women called Once Upon A Fairytale
You can buy it in Canada at Once Upon A Fairytale – Canadian Amazon
Or in the USA at Once Upon A Fairytale – American Amazon