Skip to main content

Holy!

 Recently, I registered myself on a few matrimonial sites to see if I could find a potential match. Unfortunately, I came across some fake profiles and felt unsafe, so I deleted my account. These platforms are meant to help people find a life partner in a safe environment, yet some come with very different intentions.

It’s called Holy Matrimony for a reason. Marriage was God’s idea from the beginning. When God created Adam, He gave him Eve, for it was not good for him to be alone. Adam responded with joy:
“At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’”
This is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one. “Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.”
(Genesis 2:23–25, NLT)

Adam burst into beautiful poetry of praise. It was holy because they became one—united, unashamed, and completely open before each other. God designed a perfect world, and it was all good. But sin entered when man stopped trusting God and desired more than what God freely gave. God never withheld any good thing; like a loving Father, He walked with Adam and had a relationship with him. Yet because of sin, corruption and death entered the world through Adam, and humanity became separated from God.

But God’s heart has always been restoration. He sent His only Son to die on the cross as the penalty for our sins, so that when we believe in Him, we receive eternal life. Through Christ, we are made right with God; we are no longer separated or condemned. In Him, our old sinful nature is being put to death, and through the Holy Spirit we are transformed daily into the likeness of Christ as we submit to Him.

We see brokenness in relationships today because of sin and selfishness—not because this was God’s design. People hurt one another because their hearts are broken, and only Christ can heal that brokenness. Only He can change our selfish hearts and teach us to love like Him.

The Bible says:
“For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her… to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish… In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies… For we are members of his body.”
(Ephesians 5:25, 27–30, NLT)

We are called to be holy as He is holy. Holy means dedicated or consecrated to God—and this kind of holiness is only possible through Christ. We are called to love sacrificially and selflessly, and that is only possible when He reigns in our hearts. He alone can break the bondage of sin we are enslaved to. We learn to love others when we first love Christ and obey Him. In obedience to Him, there is fullness of joy, peace, and life. He alone is the solution to the brokenness in this world. Holy Matrimony is God’s holy creation, and it becomes a reality only when we follow a holy God.

This is my prayer for us:
Lord Jesus Christ, help us behold Your love on the cross—Your sacrifice to cleanse us from our sins and make us holy. As we surrender our lives to You, teach us to love like You through Your Holy Spirit. I ask this in Your Holy and Precious Name. Amen.








Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Longing for forever!

 Being in the lockdown, I have come to appreciate the stillness, something I am not used to. Life gets so busy and it's like a monotonous routine. I almost felt like a hamster on a wheel. This period of rest has enabled me to slow down and appreciate the things I wouldn't notice because of busyness such as the birds outside my window, the sounds of them chirping every morning. Moreover, me wondering and reflecting as I used to when I was a child, I was so easily amazed at what I was learning. Growing up I somehow lost that and I feel like God is bringing me back to that place where I can be in awe of Him. In one of my conversations with my dear friend I mentioned- " Do you ever wonder why we say best friends Forever or I love you Forever? You know it's not strange that we long for Forever cause it is God who created us with that longing. In Ecclesiastes 3:11 it's written: God has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of...
Post a Comment
Read more

From wander to wonder

  What do you do? When you wander aimlessly  And the fire you once had was quenched You are misunderstood even by your own Rejected and cast away You feel lonely and isolated You  feel  you don't belong or can't connect And deep  inside  you feel empty and spent Tired yet going on from one day to the next  Your past mistakes haunt you  And an enemy that constantly attacks and doesn't back down And a world that constantly tempts you or makes you feel that you are not enough  And your thoughts that should be a friend but act like a foe instead  It haunts you with a past that makes you see the sins and a heart that's scarlet red Meet me "Great I am" in my wandering in this wilderness like you met Moses And transform my I am's Where mundane turns to musing And despair turns to delight  Where wander turns to wonder  Where wilderness turns to worship As you show me a bush burning and yet not consumed  Reminding me you have inter...
Post a Comment
Read more

Secret Garden

Guard the garden that's the genesis of my being The secret place where you formed me Guard my silence and solitude with you That's where you're doing a deep work of making me whole and Holy It's a privilege to be alone with you Jesus teach me to treasure You  You alone sit with me in the garden of my heart  And You yearn and delight to be with me May my wayward heart yearn for you and delight in you You wait gently to tend to the garden of my heart You violently uproot anything that obstructs our love and intimacy You want nothing to interrupt and put out the fire and pure passion of our communion You are jealous over the affections of my heart Like a bridegroom over the heart of His bride You alone are worthy of this wholehearted devotion Give me a heart that is purely devoted to you No one else knows me the way you do Nothing else can fix the mess in this garden Teach me to rejoice when you prune and uproot Father, you are the perfect gardener You're making this g...
Post a Comment
Read more