For some reason, I've been thinking about marriage the last few days.

(I know. Shocking.)

But in a different way than I've ever thought about it before.

Maybe Paul was onto something...

In First Corinthians 7, Paul advises those who are single to stay single, unless of course they are unable to control their sexual urges. He says that if you are married, it's good, but if you are single, it's even better.

Now, let's be honest here, it would take a major act of God for me to control my sexual urges for my entire life.
But I think I can finally see where Paul was coming from.
I see more marriages that hinder the people involved than ones that enable the people involved.
And I don't at all want that.
I would rather stay single for my whole life than marry someone who would hold me back for being who I'm supposed to be.
(Ummm.. did I just admit that?)

Which is why I'm totally content in waiting longer than I wanted for whoever it ends up being.
(Yeah, Paul didn't quite talk me out of being married.)

I want us to enable each other to accomplish more than we would have alone.
I want us to be a real picture of how Christ loves the church [Ephesians 5].

Something Jesus says kind of makes me wonder why we put so much focus into something that doesn't last through this life.
Jesus replied, "Your mistake is that you don't know the scripture, and you don't know the power of God. For when the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. In this respect they will be like angels in heaven.." [Matthew 22:29-30]

But then again, we put a lot of emphasis on a lot of things that don't ever make it past this life.
And I think marriage is more that someone comes along who just fits with you, who enables you to be a better you, who encourages you, who is willing to go to the depths with you, and who helps bring you closer to Love.
Oh, and you do the same for them.

I'm also only twenty, so...