The best things in life are well-constructed.
Take a top-notch car. Panel gaps will be even, the stitching on the seats will lie flat, and the engine will start smoothly every time.
If any of these things fail to perform, the car will sell abysmally, and the line will be quickly discontinued.
The DeLorean was an incredible gull-winged sports car with an all-aluminum body. It was slow and overpriced, and the company folded due to cost and logistics pressures.
GM’s Geo line was formed to battle small imports from Suzuki, Isuzu, and Toyota. However, even being cheap and economical didn’t help it survive as an independent car line when people demanded better built and more luxurious rides.
Even with the best intentions, our plan must form a good fit with the needs of others, or our efforts will ultimately fail.
Genesis 2:24 tells us we can find our perfect fit in each other if we abandon all other distractions:
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
Ecclesiastes 4:12 says our strength comes from being wrapped in the bonds of love:
“And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Mark 10:9 cautions against tearing apart our most intimate connections:
“What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Ephesians 5:25-33 lays out the steps for building a strong marriage, one that will fit a man perfectly to a woman, and stand the test of time:
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”
When we put time and effort into our relationships, we’ll find we craft a better marriage, and we will be able to survive the stresses of life no matter what tries to destroy our love.
When we come together, God will shape us perfectly to be stronger than we were alone.
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