Marriage...

I had an epiphany moment this week. Now that I look back on it, I do not see why it had never clicked for me before. Darren and I were discussing marriage and how so many marriages are falling apart. The light came on for me that maybe the reason why marriage seems to be one of the top targets for satan is that marriage is really an earthly example of what a relationship with our heavenly Father is supposed to be. Wow! I know that the Bible talks about us being the Bride of Christ, but that had never really made any sense to me. It sounded too weird. When I started to think of all the things that make for a great marriage, great communication, honesty, time, I realized that these were the same things that made for a close relationship with Christ. If our perception of marriage is all distorted then maybe our perception of a relationship with Christ is distorted. And maybe if our perception of a dad is distorted then our perception of our heavenly Dad is distorted.
This now all sounds so simple, but I had just never thought about it this way. I had not seen the huge purpose in satan being so diligent in attacking marriages. It it is a great reminder to me that my marriage is not just about me and Darren it serves an even greater purpose.