LEAVING
FATHER AND MOTHER!
Mark 10:7-8
7 For this cause
shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
8 And they twain
shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
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forgive me for my gushy reminiscing this morning. You see, tomorrow is my 49th
wedding anniversary and I am remembering my last day and night as a single
person. Moreover, I remember my last night as a child. Tomorrow childhood would
be gently tucked away in the shoebox of memory with “snips and snails and puppy
dog tails.”
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had already secured an apartment, although she was still living in her dorm,
but tonight I would spend my last single night with Mom and Dad in their motel
room. Our apartment seemed both empty and sacred. I would not soil it by
staying there. Never mind that I felt very much like a child this night and
wanted one more night with my parents. I can hardly describe the conflict of
emotions but I was being torn between fear and joy. I felt safe with the
familiar. Tomorrow I would shove off from that shore into the hopeful unknown.
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established the pattern of leaving and cleaving in Genesis 2:24. Jesus
confirmed it in Mark 10:7 and then Paul pressed the truth home in Ephesians 5:31.
In Genesis the word for “leave” is ‘asab and it means “to relinquish;
to forsake.” The Greek is kataleipo which means “to leave
behind; to abandon.” These are strong words and I had nothing with which to
compare this new experience but abandonment was the feeling.
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you have a spouse spend a moment thanking God for him or her. What a marvelous
gift! Now, after so long a time, we can finish each other’s thoughts and
sentences. Sometimes we don’t have to speak at all. “One flesh” has so many
meanings.
Eph 5:28
28 So ought men to
love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Dear
Lord, bless those who have found each other. Grant them love and communion.
Firm and confirm their commitment and add an extra cup of joy. AMEN
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