Stuck Like Glue

From Time Magazine … “Marriage is like glue,” says Seth Eisenberg, CEO of one of the biggest relationship-education operations in the country. “You can build something with it. Living together is like Velcro. The commitment of marriage gives people the opportunity to grow and thrive in ways that other relationships do not," he says.

Unlike in other countries, cohabitation has not yet proved to be a robust enough marriage substitute for most Americans to believe they can build a family on it. As a successful marriage increasingly becomes the relationship equivalent of a luxury yacht — hard to get, laborious to maintain but a better vessel to be on when there are storms at sea — its status is unlikely to drop.

This article got me thinking about marriage prospects for our own children, who now live in a world in which marriage is no longer a given. We have not yet had to deal with the “living together” part. That said, of my grown children … now ages 27, 25 and 24 … only one has a steady partner. It is a sign of the ages that young people wait longer to consider marriage, after their educations are complete and their careers underway. Relationship-wise, they are no different than most of their peers. The article in Time is worth reading, as you consider your own role modeling in marriage.

But the article got me thinking about prayer life, too.

Are we stuck like glue to Jesus? Or are we only stuck to Him on Sunday, maybe the equivalent of Velcro? Isn’t He the best vessel to be on when things are stormy and we don’t feel as safe as we might? As I sit in church this weekend, I will pray that I can be more “glued” to the Word and to my God.