Love and marriage.
Leave. And cleave. And dare to walk as one.
Leaving = means to break from a natural tie. This, though an issue in many marriages, at least it has not affected my marriage in any significant way.
We have successfully cut the apron strings.
The purpose of "leaving", is not to abandon all contact with the familial ties but rather to preserve the unique oneness that marriage is designed to capture.
Cleaving = carries the idea of catching someone by pursuit, clinging to her as my new rock of refuge and safety.
Of course tasked with the responsibility of loving my wife "just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her (Ephesians 5:25).
As a result we are free to become everything God meant when God declared us "one flesh":
In decision making
In priorities
In affections.
Leave. And cleave. And dare to walk as one.
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