When we go to Church, we see families, couples, newlyweds, golden agers. We see children, parents and single people. It is good to worship God as a family. It is good to sit in Church beside your spouse. Worship with family strengthens the family in following Christ.
But sometimes you see a couple in Church, and they are not together. One bows in prayer, the other lifts up hands to praise. Or maybe one dances and the other sits in quiet contemplation. There is no division between them; they simply are pursuing their personal relationship with God. This is a couple that knows the importance of family worship, but one that also knows each one of us is responsible for our own relationship with God.
The most important relationship in our spiritual life is our relationship with God. The individual’s second most important relationship is to the spouse. Each one of us must put the relationship with God first and sometimes this means a separation from the spouse. After becoming close to God, the couple comes back together, and their individual’s closeness to God will bless the marriage bond, and strengthen and deepen it.
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