Can I see the war?

The Basic Questions: Marriage 101

Marriage....

I really am just pondering...

I wonder...

Some choices really have to be made when one is unsure of the route that everyone is taking. That choice is to pause, investigate and then push forward.

I'm certain that sounds like something we would do ordinarily; but in truth, when it comes to the issue of marriage amongst other things, we never want to think. Rather, we would do as it is being done. But the question really is, how do we come about these things? Where did we find them? What exactly was the intent of the mind that came about these concepts? Is it the same thing that we see all around? What are the similarities and what are the questions?

Marriage. 

A mystery. 

A word too lofty for even the greatest minds.

A concept the wise have been made foolish over.

And the learned have come to naught.

The theologians of old couldn't understand it.

and even those in search of truth only grazed its surface.

Marriage.

If those that were close to the one could look at it and not comprehend, can we see what made them fear?

If those that heard these words could only conclude that it was better to stay unmarried, isn't that enough reason to probe to see what they saw?

If the greatest message of all couldn't give a word from God on the matter of marriage, then do we not think that it really is something too lofty for our minds to grasp?

Yes. We do not concern ourselves with things too lofty for our minds but does that include the issue at hand?

With all the chaos and divorces in marriage, what makes us think we can win the war if we have not seen the cause of the war at hand?

Do we even see that there is a war?

Are we equipped to fight the battle?

I guess the major question we all should ask is this:

What really is marriage?

Marriage.

Ordained by God.

It was a part of the plan all along.

Even before the earth was formed.

It all started from Genesis.

If only we open our eyes....

Not these eyes...but the ones only Him can open for you.

Then we will realize how blind we have been.

Following the one should shed light on the matter

But has it?

If we really see what they saw, would we venture into it?

If we can't see it, shouldn't we just be true to ourselves and probe till we see it?

But we all are wise and we all claim to see.

Therefore we jump into the same pool.

But what was it the Lord said again about those who claim to see?

I guess that's something to chew on.

if I see the strongest, the wisest and the fittest people fail in this matter, should I not see it as a major issue?

If it is not about being strong, why go to the gym?

What does it really take to make it work?

Marriage and Jesus.

Yes his first miracle was at a marriage feast.

Yes. The last feast to come has something to do with marriage.

But what has all of that got to do with me?

How does that answer the questions about marriage?

Am I just seeking to pursue my own ambitions that I have totally closed my senses to know?

If I don't know, I stay ignorant but that doesn't exonerate me in any way.

Without knowledge, they say, we perish.

So, knowledge gives light.

And that is what Jesus came to give us amongst other things.

what has he shown us thus far?

What did he say about marriage?

What is the origin of marriage?

Again, the question really is this:

What really is marriage?

Marriage.

In a few sentences, defined by the wisest.

And the dictionary gives concise meanings to it.

We have many Bible verses to back it all up.

And we claim that believing in christ invariably breeds a happy home.

But has it really?

Has marriage as defined, really worked?

So, what then, is marriage?

If I do not know these questions 

If I do not understand the purpose God had in mind when he made the concept, 

Then I am far from ready for marriage.

I am glad I could come to this point and can seek for these answers before I venture into it.

If I was married and then the lord plants these questions in my heart, what would I do? 

but if I claim to be a true son of the Lord, why then do I not pursue to know?

If he is the one that gives light and knowledge is light, why then am I not pursuing to know?

Why do I want to do it just as everyone else does it?

Do I want the same results as I have seen them have?

The more I want for myself, can I attain from doing the same things they are doing?

If I want a totally different result, I must have a different approach to it.

So what is this approach?

What really is marriage all about?