In a society where relationships are discarded with frightening regularity, Christians can command attention simply by staying married. And when asked why, we can offer the platform of God’s message of reconciliation, followed by an invitation: “Would you like to hear more about the good news of reconciliation?”
In this sense, our marriages can be platforms for evangelism. They can draw people into a truth that points beyond this world into the next. Just by sticking it out in our marriages, we can build a monument to the principle and practice of reconciliation.
Years ago Paul Simon wrote a best-selling song proclaiming “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover.” A Christian needs just one reason to stay with his or her “lover”: the analogy of Christ and his church.
Sacred Marriage
(What if God Designed Marriage More to Make Us Holy Than To Make Us Happy)
Gary Thomas