FEBRUARY 09, 2015
The
Girl In The Yellow Coat
A man shall leave
his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one
flesh. — Genesis 2:24
Read: Genesis 2:18-25
It was her yellow
raincoat that caught my attention, and quickly I became increasingly interested
in this cute freshman with long, brown hair. Soon I worked up my courage,
interrupted Sue as she walked along reading a letter from a guy back home, and
awkwardly asked her for a date. To my surprise, she said yes.
More than 4 decades
later, Sue and I look back and laugh at our first uncomfortable meeting on that
college campus—and marvel how God put a shy guy from Ohio together with a shy
girl from Michigan. Through the years, we have faced innumerable crises together
as we raised our family. We’ve negotiated parenting four kids, and we’ve
struggled mightily with losing one of them. Problems big and small have tested
our faith, yet we’ve stuck together. It took commitment from both of us and the
grace of God. Today we rejoice in God’s design, spelled out in Genesis 2:24—to
leave our parents, to be unified as man and wife, and to become united as one
flesh. We cherish this amazing plan that has given us such a wonderful life
together.
God’s design for
marriage is beautiful. So we pray for married couples to sense how awesome it
is to enjoy life together under the blessing of God’s loving guidance.
Lord, the first
thing You organized during society’s
earliest days was
marriage. Thank You for how You
designed this
amazing institution. Show me how to
help strengthen
others in their marriage relationship.
Marriage thrives in
a climate of love, honor, and respect.
INSIGHT:
In Genesis 1–2 we
see two tellings of the same story. Genesis 1 gives a sweeping overview of the
creation of the universe, including the creation of the first human beings
(Gen. 1:26-28). Genesis 2, however, describes more specifically the distinctive
relationship the man and woman have with their Creator and their roles in His
world.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
