Peter Craig used to say, “There’s nothing like having a good wife.” Then, after a strategic pause he’d add, “There’s nothing like having a bad one, too.” I am blessed and happy to say that I enjoy the former and, praise God, that I have never experienced the latter. When I went down on one knee and proposed, I received the answer that every love-struck man desires. And later at our wedding in 1994, with those two immortal words, my life ceased to be defined in the singular from that day forth. Twenty-seven years later, I can safely say that I had no idea of what the Lord held in store for Lynda and me. Back then, when I read God saying, “It is not good for man to be alone,” and “the two shall become one flesh,” I was yet to know that every fibre of my being was included in that equation. Of course, it can’t work any other way. It involves body, soul and spirit. The difference between singlehood and marriage is indescribable—at every level. It is first and foremost a spiritual union. Paul’s instructions on marriage in Ephesians 5 are seemingly interrupted when he says, “This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church” (v.32). He is revealing a profound truth: That marriage between a man and his wife represents the spiritual union between Christ and his church. This gives full meaning as to why a husband is called to love his wife as Christ loves his church. Therein is the definition and demonstration of true love—“Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life…” As a wise man said, ‘Love is not a feeling, its an act of your will!’ I am blessed!
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