Defending Marriage

Today, and tomorrow,  I will define and defend "traditional" marriage.  Actually, that's a poor phrase, "traditional marriage".   After all, is this about the traditions of men?

For me, I have a Biblical marriage, and let me tell you how I defend it.

I work each day, through out the day, to love my wife the way Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her.  (Eph. 5:25).  This means that it doesn't matter if I am too tired, too busy, or focused on my own thing.  I try give it up to serve her.  I seek to do so with an attitude of joy and service, not grumbling and complaining (Phil 2:14).

I treat my wife as a joint heir, and equal partner, and yet I seek to be gentle with her, treating her with respect and care (1 Peter 3:7; Col 3:19).

I will make sure that she is the priority ahead of work, friends, or my own pleasure and recreation.  I will focus on our communication and work to make it better and better by leading the way in example and invitation.

I will be a father to our children and seek to bring them up in the nurture and instruction of the Lord without breaking their spirit or frustrating them.

I do this, not because it is the law, or because it is a tradition, but because for me to live is Christ.  The world will define what it likes and our society will do what it wants, but as for me and my house, we will serve Christ.