Marriage

All that talk about defining marriage. God must truly think we are dense in this nation. Think about a young couple who just had their first child. There they are in the hospital, ready to go home. The nurse walks up to them and hands them a baby to take home. Problem is its not the one they gave birth to. "No problem" says the nurse, "the state just passed a law that says any child will do, so we only need to get one out of the nursery for you." Absurd isn't it? Could never happen, right? Well it seems like we shouldn't have to define marriage either. Whose baby should you go home with from the hospital? Yours, the one you gave birth to and brought into the world. No one would deny that.

Well, who brought marriage into the world? Seems to me God did and He did it in Genesis chapter 1. He created both Adam and Eve and gave them to each other as husband and wife creating the institution of marriage. He even said in Genesis 2 that they were to be "one flesh," inseparable for life. Marriage wasn't man's idea. It wasn't something that came from years of trial and error in relationships. It was God's idea and He created it. One man and one woman, for life. It's a sad day when we have to legislate that. We must always look to the Bible as our guide for life, for all of life.