Doing Life Together

"It is not good for man to be alone." With this bold statement, God put Adam to sleep and performed a surgery on him that created Eve - a woman. When God created Adam, He was pleased with all of his creation, up to that point, yet He recognized that someone vital was missing. He used Adam's rib to create and form Eve. How do we get a woman - a fully developed woman made for a man out of a bone? Only God could do that.

Like all of His creation, in His divine wisdom, God knew what He was doing when He made Eve for Adam. He knew the communion, and the intricacies of marriage were what Adam needed. It's fashionable to bash marriage today, but I am not from that school of thought. When Adam first saw Eve, he was awestruck! Wooo man! The Bible
notes that they were naked and not ashamed (Genesis 2:4-25). This statement represents the intimacy we strive for in marriage, because soon after they were naked and ashamed.

 In this state of innocence and intimacy, they had the same spiritual foundation. They were both newly created beings made for each other. One of the keys to greater intimacy in marriage is to start on the same spiritual foundation; a starting point that acknowledges the headship of God in every area of your life. Adam and Eve were in this space. With different values, you traverse divergent paths, but with similar values, you're in sync, similar to a successful 3-legged team.

As you build your spiritual foundation you will learn the importance of these two things:

• Praying together as often as you can – sometimes what you cannot say to each other you can say to God; but
• Not neglecting your own individual spiritual walk – You're a couple, but as a Christian, each is required to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12). To take this one step further, how you live out your faith will have a significant impact on you and your relationships so nurture your walk so that you bring your best to each other.

I'm married; I love being married, and I wish others would come to the same appreciation of marriage. More of my best marriage thoughts can be found in my book: My Best Marriage Advice. Pick up a copy.

 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs[d] and closed up the opening.  Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.

“At last!” the man exclaimed.

“This one is bone from my bone,

    and flesh from my flesh!

She will be called ‘woman,’

    because she was taken from ‘man.’”

This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame. Genesis 2:21-25 [NLT]

How has having the same spiritual foundation impacted your marriage?

--Nylse

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