The Reason:

"Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." Genesis 2:24

I started this blog to be able to capture mine and Drews journey to and thru marriage. Drew and I both have a strong desire to be an example to our friends of a Godly relationship/marraige. We in NO WAY claim to be perfect. But we hope that in some way all our failures can be a witness to God's graciousness upon and work in us. It is thru Him alone that we are who we are and act and live the way we do. We want to be sure that this blog is most glorifying to Him.

Today Drew and I began our journey thru premarital counseling. We are reading "This Momentary Marriage" by John Piper. Im not exactly sure how I feel just yet about the book, since so far I have only read the introduction and 1st chapter. But it seems like it is going to be a very interesting and insightful book. Intro and chapter 1 reminded me of the reason for marriage. I was also reminded of our societies false image of marriage. Not only has secular society removed God from pretty much every aspect of life (the life which God is allowing them to live) they are now just simply not getting married! Marriage, the ultimate reflection of God's covenant with His people, is not even happening. God's covenant, kept by the coming and dying of Jesus Christ, is displayed thru the marriage of man and woman to present the Gospel to the world and people arent even doing it anymore!
I could begin a huge paragraph/page/chapter about how society is treating marriage but that isnt for todays blog. So I will stop ranting now and get to the point...
Drew and I want so badly for the point of our marriage to be for the spread of the Gospel message. We pray that thru this blog and thru the life that God is allowing us to live that we can show a God honoring example of marriage.
I hope you grow in your spiritual walk someway or another thru the reading of this blog.
To Him be all the glory!