Reflections on Marriage: G is for God
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Marriage is complex. Creating a happy marriage is a continual, day by day process. Every couple needs an anchor in marriage that never moves, is always consistent, and teaches true principles amidst the storms of life. I believe that anchor should be God.
To really believe in God, we must come to know him as our literal “Father in Heaven” and trust in his power to help us. As we show our love to him, we will feel His love for us. I like this statement by Jeffrey R. Holland in the article, The Grandeur of God:
It is the grand truth that in all that Jesus came to say and do, including and especially in His atoning suffering and sacrifice, He was showing us who and what God our Eternal Father is like, how completely devoted He is to His children in every age and nation. In word and in deed Jesus was trying to reveal and make personal to us the true nature of His Father, our Father in Heaven.
He did this at least in part because then and now all of us need to know God more fully in order to love Him more deeply and obey Him more completely. As both Old and New Testaments declare, “The first of all the commandments is … thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first [and great] commandment.”
When we each hold on to our “anchor,” who is God, the complexities of marriage can be reduced. Peace can return. Love can increase. Faith can guide the way as we weather the storms of life together as a determined, unified couple.
God
God
is the anchor
to every successful
marriage, so humbly
kneel together in
prayer each morning
and night, and
He will guide
you back to
one another time
and time again.