Y ou see, marriage is a secret gift God has built into the structure of human civilization. Many people participate in marriage and enjoy it without ever realizing that it has its origin in God. B ut marriage is not the only secret gift God gives people on earth. There is another secret gift called love. Love is something that originates deep in our past and moves mysteriously in and through our lives to draw us into meaningful relationships with others.
Love is a secret gift that pervades our existence without our being conscious of it.
But all love has its origin in God, the same God who creates us male and female, the same God who establishes marriage as a gift for us to enjoy. I n other words, God is tricky. He crafts us in his own image. He designs us to be very much alike and yet distinguishable enough to be clearly male and female. He institutes marriage to bring family order out of chaos.