“3And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, ‘Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?’ 4He answered, ‘Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5and said, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”?’” – Matthew 19:3-5 (ESV)
Marriage is for a lifetime, and it is to be fully between husband and wife. That should go without stating, however how many out there work to hold on to their mother and their wife as being the same. Jesus is clear here that one is to leave mother and devote themselves fully to their wife. It is now the husband and the wife on their own, carving out life together as one.
I would be remiss in ignoring that one would like his wife to be similar to his mother. I know that Lori and my mother are similar in their love of me. But, that is really where it ends. I do not expect Lori to care for and guide and nurture me as I did my mother when I was a child. I have moved to Lori and all of her.
I am not saying that we should cut our mothers off, that we should ignore them for the rest of our lives. What I am saying is that mother have done their jobs and have handed us over to our wives. My mother is still important, yet now, my wife, Lori has taken her place in the priority list of my life.
Where is your mother in your priority list? Do you still have her at the top of your list just below God? What if you leave your mother and approached your wife as the single most important one just below the LORD?
Trevor's Thoughts 