In Genesis 2 the story pictures the creation of man and woman in the context of the whole of creation. Man and woman are created for each other—to join together and work together in God’s creation. They are uniquely created for God’s purpose and for each other. So marriage is not just a physical act or a human institution but something woven into creation itself and God’s plan. Modern people want to look at marriage quite differently: as something for our own purpose and our own pleasure. Many people are skeptical about the viability of marriage as one man and one woman for all time (and skeptical about much more than that). I think that marriage is for us—but not just, or even primarily, for the individual. Marriage is a great place for growing as people. Marriage takes lots of hard work, even more forgiveness and patience. Marriage has become a pretty controversial topic—and who knew that was going to happen? But marriage can be about much more than what we think and want for ourselv
