Human love is an imperfect reflection of God’s greater love. The point of marriage is to point us to Jesus. This is a song. About Human Love. Found in the Bible. Written to Give Us Wisdom. Song of Solomon 3:6–11 What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant? 7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty men, some of the mighty men of Israel, 8 all of them wearing swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh, against terror by night. 9 King Solomon made himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon. 10 He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem. 11 Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart. The Meaning of Marriage Genesis 2:18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” Genesis 2:24–25 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. [25] And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. If God designed marriage, then God gets to define marriage. The Myth of Marriage A spouse is a gift from God, not a substitute for God. What if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy. The Mystery of Marriage Ephesians 5:31–33 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. When people look at you, do they see Jesus? Plug into a Lifegroup: Lifegroups Step in Serving? Lifeteams