I just started reading Home-Making by J.R. Miller, and though I've only read a little bit, I have found it very thought-provoking and beautifully written.
"Marriage is intended to bring joy. The married life is meant to be the happiest, fullest, purest, richest life. It is God's own ideal of completeness. It was when he saw that it was not good for man to be alone that woman was made and brought to him to supply what was lacking. The divine intention, therefore, is that marriage shall yield happiness, and that it shall add to the fullness of the life of both husband and wife; that neither shall lose, but that both shall gain. If in any case it fails to be a blessing and to yield joy, and a richer, fuller life, the fault cannot be with the institution itself, but with those who under its shadow fail to fulfill its conditions."
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das deep das deep
sounds sweet.
i can't wait.
yea... that's true!
marriage? yuck! aren't you too young to be reading and thinking about such things?
may the merciful Lord bless His servants with that joyful completeness
Very nice! I will have to look into that book more.
ryc - yeah, I'll take the glory though
You should read "Sacred Marriage" by Gary Thomas. Just a guess but after reading your quote above Thomas's view might be almost a 180... The cover reads... "What if God designed marriage to make us Holy more than to make us happy?"
As the children's catechism rather insightfully observes, happiness and holiness are inseparable. Nevertheless, I get your point. We ought not to entertain any sort of "endless honeymoon" expectations. As long as sin remains within us, marriage will be one of the "front lines" in our battle against the world, flesh, and devil.
Adam