Seamless

Have you ever thought about the Biblical directive "and the two shall become one?" I've always thought it was kinda weird. How can two separate people be "one"? Does that mean if I get a tattoo my husband will also technically have a tattoo? There are some pretty obvious ways in which oneness takes place (duh), but it seems God means something so much deeper than that.

I think the Lord desires for a husband and wife to think like one another, to make decisions together seamlessly and with HIM as our simultaneous desire and ultimate aim. It makes sense, to think of it that way. That Matt & I have been united together in marriage, in Christ. Our purpose is Him, our glue is Him, our reason is Him... so we naturally will begin to merge into doing things solely for God's glory.

So with that in mind, here's a little anecdote from our morning. Matt & I just got back last night from a weekend trip to meet our new nephew (more on that later). We left for work/school this morning, and just as I was about to pull off our little street on to the main road I asked "Do you have everything you need? Your I.D. badge?" This may not seem like a big deal, and it's really not, but it's abnormal for me to ask him that. Matt's a grown up- he knows what he needs to bring with him for the day, and he doesn't need me to remind him to grab his lunch bag and tie his shoe laces and comb his hairs. But this morning, I had a sense that we were both rushed getting out the door, so maybe that's what caused me to think, "that would be really inconvenient for him to get all the way to the hospital this morning and have to turn around because he forgot his I.D. badge." As it turns out, he had left his hospital access card on the kitchen table.

Small potatoes, I realize, but I think it's an example of how the Holy Spirit brings us together in marriage, how he causes us to think like, and for, the other person, and how He melds us and molds us into Christ's image. (I have to follow this up by saying that he texted me a few minutes later asking if I would run home and bring his white coat to him during lunch. So I guess I didn't think of everything :) )

I look forward to growing closer to Matt, to where we fit together and act as one, like a seamless tapestry woven together by time and Christ.