{"id":2038,"date":"2011-08-05T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2011-08-04T11:34:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T18:34:51","slug":"become-as-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/become-as-one\/","title":{"rendered":"BECOME AS ONE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Genesis 2:23-24<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe man said, \u2018This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called [woman,] for she was taken out of man.\u2019 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday I will be officiating at the wedding of a beautiful young woman and her handsome groom. I have been a pastor to her and her family for many years and it is hard to believe that she has become a mature woman.<\/p>\n

This morning as I was showering after my early morning workout, I picked up the bar of soap. Actually it had once been two bars. I am extremely frugal and it just seems a waste to throw away an old bar, so I place them together and before long they have been fused into a single bar.<\/p>\n

The soap bar illustration seems to be a perfect description of what a true and healthy marriage should be—the two becoming one. Many marriages are two people who remain two people for year after year. The reason they never become one is that they have not fused.<\/p>\n

In the King James the word \u201ccleave\u201d is used. It is the Hebrew word \u201cdabaq\u201d and means: \u201cTo cling, stick, stay close, cleave, keep close, stick to, stick with, follow closely, join to, overtake, catch.\u201d Oh that more married couples would seek to find that wonderful unity, not only in their relationship with each other, but much more in their relationship with the Lord. That is my prayer for Jamie and David.<\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

– – – Pastor Cecil<\/strong>
\n(360) 570-0074<\/p>\n

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Genesis 2:23-24 \u201cThe man said, \u2018This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called [woman,] for she was taken out of man.\u2019 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.\u201d Saturday I will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genesis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}