marriage/religion parallel

Had a discussion tonight and thought I would share. Topic is a bit out of character, but here goes…

The mariage premise is that when there is a problem in a marriage relationship, whether between the couple or an outside issue, the guy wants to fix the problem while the woman needs to relate the problem, but relating isn’t neccessarily a request for assistance. The guy says: “I can fix that” whether he can or not.

The religion premise is that man cannot save himself through works. Nothing anyone can do makes them eligible for Heaven.

I say, the disparity between man and woman, the I-can-fix-it vs. listen-and-acknowleddge conundrum is a creation (of sorts) of God so that we could recognize the “fixless” parallel from marriage and apply it to the relationship between god and man. I cannot fix things in marriage, I can be faithful and love. I can not fix my worthiness in God’s eyes, I can be faithful and love. For all I love to fix things, those issues that matter most, I can’t fix, I can only tend. Fortunately I don’t have to fix. I just have to accept that someone else already did the repairs.

The disparity between man and woman meets in God. God says: “I I need you to listen to me and acknowledge and accept that there is nothing you can do because I already fixed the problem for you. Please don’t undo what I have done.” In other words: “You wanna help Me? Don’t help Me.”

In some sense, god is man and woman in one. He took one complete unit, split it in two and told the units that together they were perfect. That’s kind of cool actually.

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