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Three Keys To A Great Marriage May 07 2008
"...A man shall leave his father and mother and the two shall become one flesh..." - Mark 10:7-8
There is a key verse on marriage that is found only once in the Old Testament and twice in the New. The theme is clear: We are to leave, cleave, and weave.
Leave - A man shall leave his mother and father. This is about prioritizing our spouse over parents, children, siblings, and friends. Our spouse should be our best friend. If you are married, and closer to any person other than your spouse, your priorities are out of whack!
Cleave - Cleave to his wife. The word cleave means to join fast together, to glue, or cement. These definitions imply there will always be pressures to pull the marriage apart. (Things like busyness, work, demands from children, money, health problems, infidelity, and so on). In short, marriage is about lifetime commitment.
Weave - The two shall become one flesh. Sexual intimacy and fulfillment is a by-product of a healthy marriage relationship. It symbolizes how a husband and wife become one.
Leave. Cleave. Weave. Three keys to a great marriage.
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Yes, report it NevermindNo comments today, wow. This is a very good devotional. I have been happily married for almost 19 years now. The thing is, we went into it as a marriage forever. Divorce wasn't even in the vocabulary. People today have the mentality that if it doesn't work we will divorce. Why start that way, they already have doubts.I was not a Christian when i got married but my husband was. Even still, I love him and why would I want anyone else.
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Yes, report it NevermindMy father-in-law was married 6 times.When my husband and I got married he made it very clear that the word divorce would never be used in our home (not even in a joking manner).That was 37 years ago and the "D" word still has not been used in our home.
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Yes, report it NevermindLove today's message!
My husband and I went for a lot of marriage counselling (Christian, mostly) before we tied the knot, just because we wanted to create as firm a foundation for our marriage as was within our power. I highly recommend The Marriage Course offered through ALPHA for those considering marriage. It helped us become aware of and prepare for many marriage stumbling blocks that we would not have seen coming. I think if more people took marriage more seriously and invested something into preparing for it, there would be a lot less divorce in our society. After all, people make an effort to learn how to drive before acquiring a driver's license...
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Yes, report it Nevermind"Leave. Cleave. Weave. Three keys to a great marriage." I agree that those three keys do unlock the door to the oneness of marriage. Unfortunately sometimes the keys get lost in the grass is greener. Pornography and other addictions sure can attribute to losing those keys. The keys can be found again with God in the mix. I pray for all those who have lost their keys that God will help the couples to find their keys so they can have the blessings of a great marriage.
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Yes, report it NevermindMy husband admitted he married me to fix something in himself he couldn't fix. Before we married he was so close to his mom before she died that I used to be jealous of her. Now after 28 years of marriage he has had an affair and left me for his old college girlfriend. I wish I had gotten to know his issues better before we married. I am copletely heartbroken and devastated.