Today is Emily and my ninth wedding anniversary. We are also expecting our daughter, our first child, to be born any day now. As I reflect on these last nine years and the exciting new season we are about to enter, I am once again amazed at how beautifully God has made marriage and family to be a picture of Himself and His good purpose for creation.
From the
love, commitment, and deep intimate relationship between Emily and me, new life
has come. Our love for each other overflows and produces new life. Our
daughter’s existence is an outworking of the relationship Emily and I have with
each other.
While
paling in comparison to the full infinite grandeur of God, the example of our
marriage bringing forth new life reflects who God is and His creation. As the
triune God, He is by nature in deep intimate community. Before time, gravity,
electrons, or the color green, God has been in perfect relationship with
Himself. There has always been deep intimate love between the members of the
trinity, and it is from this profound love that all of creation is derived. God
does not need us, we are not essential to God’s existence, but instead we are the
fruit of the overflow of the love between the trinity. God’s love and communion
with Himself overflows and brings forth creation and new life. All of time and
space exists because of God’s love in the same way that our daughter’s
existence is rooted in the love between Emily and me. God has never needed
creation, but in God’s love and goodness He wanted creation. The trinity’s love
is so deep that God wants to share His love with us.
How
beautiful it is to think that God in His wisdom has created marriage and birth
so that they can reflect this loving nature about Himself.
