Asking God For A Wife
Monday
Oct 26, 2009
In yet another cultural fail, an increasing number of couples are getting married, without the guy ever asking her father for permission. I’m an old fashioned kind of guy, and can’t imagine marrying a girl before getting her dad’s permission (better yet, before you start courtship). Prodigal has a great piece on this.
In thinking about all of this, I realized something: as a Christian, God is your father. Not just your father either, He is also your love’s father. If we, as humans, ask for the blessing of a human being (who is not able to wield any kind of supernatural blessing-power); should we not ask the blessing of our heavenly Father, the creator of the universe, first before all others? This requesting of God for His blessing and for the hand of the woman in marriage (because, ultimately, she belongs to God just as everything else does) should not be an event characterized by sheepish asking or sly wordplay — it should be an occasion of joy and of peace.
I think deep down inside, we all realize that we are go hold God above our wives and families. In practice, how many of us actually do? Something to think about as your day goes on. What can you do to help your spouse grow in Christ?
