This morning while in my quiet time the thought came to me, “The two shall become one.”
Carol and I have been married for 45 years, and we are still learning how to become one. Thinking back through our life together I can see how becoming one is a life choice. When couples say “I do” on their wedding day they stop living alone to start living together as one couple.
Another example is when a couple come together sexually and produce a child. These are simple illustrations, but what about when the children move out, health issues come, you grow old and do not look so attractive, or life styles change? Some couples give up on becoming one and go back to being individuals again, even while they stay married.
The word ‘become’ is never ending and goes on until we are separated at death. “One” means that I am no longer the important one, but rather my spouse is more important to me.
The Bible says that “a cord of three strands is not EASILY broken.” When it’s the Lord, husband and wife as a “cord” it is strong – but it CAN be broken. How? It is broken when we choose to remove the Lord out of the relationship, or we go back to being an individual – no longer having a desire to “become one” but rather living for one’s self.
Jesus died to Himself for us, and so must we also die to ourselves with the same Holy Spirit power that Jesus had. This is how we become one with Christ and with our spouse, teaching our children likewise.