A parable on pain from the marriage of Daniel and Chloe. Daniel and I (Chloe) had been married almost two years. We were very much in love and spent almost all of our free time together. We were not accustomed to conflict between us and thus, were completely unprepared for the event which follows. Even now, I shutter to think of the damage this event could have brought in our marriage, if I had not realized something extraordinary about dealing with pain…
During the last 18 months since ‘the visit’, described in the last post, my private journal of encounters with God has been recorded. It details the paradigm of marriage as it is used by God in the Bible to picture our relationship with Christ, and our being presented holy and without blemish for union with God through Jesus. (Ephesians 1:4 GNB). It is from this journal, that I want to share seven major parables which have instructed me so completely in the major issues which bond married people into one or cause the inevitable separation or divorce…
Well, this has certainly been a space of time. If anyone is really there reading this, my apologies. The fall has seen more travel and work than I anticipated and so blogging has been lowered on the ladder of essential activities. I am finishing this trilogy here on intimacy and will start with a series called; Seven Parables of a Perfected Marriage on the next blog…
