Two is Better than One

Being that I am getting married in about a month, marriage is heavy on my heart and my mind...in fact it consumes much of my prayers, thoughts, and energy. I am more than excited to marry the love of my life and my best friend, and yet at the same time realizing more than ever the weight of the calling that I am stepping into. It is a time of much anticipation, great joy, and eager expectation as we walk into marriage together.

During the past 9 months of our engagement we have went through a handful of Christian books speaking to marriage and the pursuit of holiness in our lives individually and together. During that time we have also spent countless hours with married men and women who have offered counsel, wisdom, encouragement and exhortation with regards to marriage. As with any season there will be new excitements, triumphs, and blessings, and of course much sanctification. I am more than eager and beyond excited for it all. The greatest part about this new journey, is that I won't be at it alone; I will have my best friend right by my side, running along the way with me. What a powerful Truth and a precious provision from our good God.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 reads,
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.

Although this passage could be applied to many facets of life, looking at it from a marriage stand point brings much encouragement. Here Solomon is exhorting us all that two is better than one in life. In fact, think about the practical illustrations he provides and you can't get around the fact that two (or more) is truly better than one. And that is exactly where I am at. I get the privilege (in a months time), to walk hand in hand in with the most Godly man I know, for the rest of our earthly lives. We together will be a tool used by the hand of God to bring glory to Him. We together will be the hand that reaches down when the other falls, the exhortation and wisdom when faced with satan's schemes, the precious companion to alleviate one's loneliness, and the greatest tool of sanctification in this life for the other. What an amazing concept, what an exciting journey!