So what IS marriage?

I’ve come to the conclusion that no one really knows what makes a marriage work.
It doesn’t mean I won’t continue to seek the truth.
One thing I know for sure is the answers are biblical.
It’s not about a flower…he love’s me, he love’s me not.
It’s not a fairytale…there’s not really a happily ever after, though there’s joy in the work, ever after.
It’s not just about the sex…though that’s a big, enjoyable part.
It’s not about having lot’s of stuff…”for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”Luke 12:15
It’s not about what you do…because only Jesus can do it all.
It’s not about what your spouse does…because only Jesus can do it all.
It’s not about you…it’s all about Him, Jesus.
So what’s the point? What is it all about?
Marriage is about joining together, becoming one flesh (Gen2:24/Matt19:5).
It can’t be that simple can it? Yes it really can.
When we join with another, we become one, simple, straight forward. It’s our sinful nature that wants to make it more than that.
Our eye wanders, thinks it can see something better, over the fence, in the next office cubicle, down at the local drinking place. Oh believe me I know I’ve been there.
Here it is…back we go again to the most quoted passage of the bible. 1Corinthians 13:4-8,13
There’s a good reason it’s so quoted. It’s good, even the non Christians love it, because even they know it’s true.
So what IS marriage?
It IS patient…verse 4
It IS kind…verse 4
It iS not jealous…verse 4
It does not brag and is not arrogant…verse 4
It does not not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered…verse 5
It does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth…verse 6
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all thing…verse 7
But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love…Verse 13