Marriage

Marriage - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com

 

My parents were married just a few months shy of 50 years-my dad checked out early for a trip to heaven. My wife's parents were married 61 years before her dad passed away. Chris and I are into year 31. This is at a time when many young people are not seeing the value of marriage. More and more are opting to live together, even have children, before getting married. Some Millennial generation young adults have told me that marriage is outdated. Others say that with the trauma they experienced with their parents getting divorced, they do not want to risk marriage. The divorce rate is as high among Christians as it is in the general population. But marriage is essential to the family unit and the core of the nation.

 

There is a story about a couple in California who have been married 68 years. It is worth a read, as reported by CBS 13 in Sacramento: "It's one thing to match on your wedding day but it's another to match for 68 years. That's what Francis and Rosemary Klontz have been doing for seven decades. And they sing, too! Francis and Rosemary Klonts met in Junior High in Auburn, Washington.Every note they sing and every outfit they wear is perfectly harmonized. "My mother got us matching shirts when we were in high school-well, I picked them out-and we've been matching ever since," Rosemary Klonts said. "And I thought she was the cutest little thing," Francis Klonts said. "By the time we were seniors, we started going together."

 

"Married for 68 years next month, Francis knows the term happy wife, happy life all too well - letting his bride of more than half a century pick his outfits every day. "Jesus first, others second, you last - that's the way you spell JOY. (singing) Jesus and others and you - what a wonderful way to spell joy!" Rosemary Klonts said. And these "singing chaplains" perform at their local church, hospitals, and even just around the house. It's a pitch-perfect, match made in heaven." This couple has found the formula to maintain a happy life. They have Christ in the center of their union. Ecclesiastes 4:9 says, "Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor."

 

Verse 4:12 finishes that "a three-strand chord is not quickly broken," which is interpreted by many as the strength of two people tied together in marriage as strengthened by the third, which is Christ. While this is a bit out of context, it is true. Without God at the center, things can fall apart pretty quickly. Divorce statistics are showing there are slightly fewer divorces, and it is largely attributed to people living together and not getting married. Marriage and family are foundational to a strong society. We should celebrate those who have successful marriages and learn from them. For as Christ said in Matthew 19:6, "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." Again, the three-strand chord concept.

 

 

 

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