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Marriage is not ultimate, but it points to the thing that is. Marriage itself is not meant to fulfill us but to point to that which does. The real marriage is the one we find in Christ. Our marriages on earth are just the visual aid of this.
The fact is, you are not loving your bride if you expect her to be something only Jesus can be. You may think you are honoring her, but in fact you are doing something profoundly unloving. She was not created to be the light of this man’s world. She couldn’t be even if she wanted to. He is putting a burden on her that she was never designed to bear.
The point is that when we imagine all those worst-case scenarios, we are imagining them without factoring in the presence and grace of God that would be there if they actually happened.
“Remember one is given the strength to bear what happens, but not the 101 different things that might happen.”
Our deepest aches and yearnings for intimacy will only ultimately be met in Christ.
