And the Three Shall Become One

   When my wife and I were dating, and early in our married life, we tended to pray together each night.  It was a special time for us and it helped us grow closer together.  During our wedding, we chose a Bible reading that centered on praying together.  Our priest said in his Homily that our marriage would be a strong one because we believed that a marriage was a trinity much like the Trinity of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  Without God, our marriage cannot stand.

   The other day, my wife shared this picture on Facebook and tagged me in it.  I lamented that this was no longer so with us.  We had stopped our regular prayer time together and, in my case at least, were not praying regularly on our own.  I texted her and asked her to begin our evening prayer again and she responded with an emphatic "YES"!!
   Now this priest, had spoken about trying to combine oil and water.  We all know that it cannot be done.  If you take oil (husband) and water (wife) and pour them into a bottle they will separate.  You can shake them up and they will mix together, but they will never fully combine and will eventually separate again.  However, if you add some glycerin (God), those two liquids will combine and become one liquid.  So it is for a marriage.  You can shake the marriage up a bit to keep things together, but you can never fully be one until you add God.  He is the glycerin that keeps a marriage together.  Unfortunately, too many marriages do not include God and didn't from the start.
   I hope that my wife and I continue to make the effort, no matter how busy we become, to include God in everything we do.  You see, Satan doesn't have to do much to win us, he only needs to make us too busy to find time for God.  We can be our own worst enemies.
   If you are married, make the time to pray for...and with...your spouse.  If you are not, make it a goal when you decide to marry, to make your marriage a trinity.