To the Girls Who Want a Godly Man. This Is for You.
“And two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh” (Mark 10:8).
This is what biblical math for marriage looks like 1 + 1 = 1.
No, this is not common core math; this is what God’s definition of what marriage should look like if it were visualized mathematically.
As Scripture says, husband and wife, will become one, and live one life together. When we say “I do” we no longer live separate lives, but rather one.
American culture is all about the “me”, and not about the ‘we’. It’s individually focused. And competition is how we move forward individually. In marriage, focusing on “me’ and not on “we”, creates conflict.
As men, we are raised to be competitive with playing sports or in my case, playing video games. So, when we get married, our individualist traits become difficult to break. When we were single, we only had ourselves to worry about. But that all changes when we get married. If we don’t break the habit of acting as “me”, it will become a source of conflict …
