i haven't been married yet...but, being the great observer that i am, my analysis is quite...good.

Why get married?

marriage is an unselfish act, an act and choice to commit your life and future to spending it with a person. finding God in that person and loving them when you cant. the Bible uses marriage as an example and a parable of the union of Christ and His bride: the church. the people of God. the love He has for her, the love she has for Him. she sets herself pure and clean and holy before Him. surrendered to His love. a committal of whole heart and life and love. a burning love of fire for Christ alone. a never fading passion for the One and only Jesus-Redeemer. the One who rescued and redeemed her.

when i think of being married, i want to think of all the good things that married love brings, i want to imagine a husband that will love me in spite of my flaws and human-ness. a man that will see past the other pretty faces and pick me and only me. a feeling of finally of never feeling lonely and left out. looking at other couples and admiring their love.

its put within us to be joined in love with a husband or wife...

you'll never be "ready" for marriage if your heart isn't first filled with the life of God. Only He excepts you for who you completely are. He sees you. He wants you when you're feeling lonely or left out. He is your rescue boat when the ships going down. He's your blanket when you have no covering. He's your shade, your sweet resting haven, your never ending love story, the sunset that sings you to sleep, the sunrise that breaks through your dark. He has no end, His love doesn't fade, He's always the same. And you are His unfinished masterpiece...

i married Jesus when i was sixteen years old. I've found that that marriage is sometimes rocky because I'm rocky. but He isn't. He's the same. and He's my example. how He walked and lived and loved is how i will choose to walk, live and love.

Lord, let it be done unto me according to Your will, give me a man after Your heart who will love me with the love you've filled Him with. bless the man You've written for me. keep him only for me and i for him. show me how to bless his life and glorify You...