This is an email I wrote to a friend about marriage in Heaven.  I wanted to share it with everyone who cares to read because I think it speaks to how important our marriages are and how amazing being Christ's bride will be.

Why isn't there marriage in Heaven?

http://www.godandscience.org/doctrine/marriageinheaven.html

I think this is a good article that explains what I was trying to convey to in Moab.  I don’t feel like I communicated well all weekend…trying to take a moment to answer a very important and emotional question was not right and I’m sorry.  I didn’t trust God to allow the Spirit to work in our relationship and allow ourselves to further explore the question.  The question shows sincere passion and connection for your spouse which is why we have the gift of marriage!  It is so good and dear!  But it is a gift that God has given us to enjoy for our time on Earth that will be replaced by something so much better in Heaven.  As the article says, God loves us too much to take away something good and replace it with something bad…He will be replacing it with something so much better than we can imagine or comprehend due to the limitations on our physical mind and body. 

I used to think that God was out to get me…for example I can remember driving to my girlfriends in high school and couldn’t find a brush I had put in my truck.  I remember thinking that God was out to make me look bad for her so she would leave me.  I thought that He didn’t like what I liked and He was going to take her away from me, therefore leaving me unhappy.  Silly example I know, but it brings great Truth!  God doesn't give and take away to make you unhappy or to get you...it is because He has something better for you. 

God loves me so much...say He did allow for events that would make her leave, it was only to replace her with who He created for me because He knows me better than I could know myself and my greatest wisdom doesn’t compare to his understanding of what He created.  He knew I’d be with Jenn someday and prepared me for her and Job.  Just like He knew you would be with Johan and prepared you.  But He also has something so much greater in store for us than this brief time in this physical body.  When we realize we are sinners and in need of Christ we become a new creation upon that acceptance of Christ.  This means once and always the Holy Spirit enters into us and we have been restored.  If you made a personal decision to accept Christ because of your individual need for Him than you’re secure for eternity, period!  No question, no worries!  You are Christ’s bride!!!  What a perfect and pure plan He has for us to know Him like that and for Him to know us!  We can’t even fathom how wonderful Paradise will be. 

Because of God’s gift of marriage we are able to see a greater portrait of who He is by seeing a greater portion of His attributes through your spouse.  You were both made in His image so I see a greater picture of the feminine attributes of my Lord in Jenn so I can know Him more fully.  Marriage is worth any struggle I might experience on this Earth because Jenn reveals a piece of God that I couldn’t see by myself.  God knew it wasn’t good for us to be alone.  We need communion with our spouse so we can get a drop of taste from the bottle of wine which doesn’t even compare to how good it will be in Heaven.  Like we taste a 2008 vintage bottle of wine when He has the original bottle ever made for every meal…     

Here are some pictures from Moab that my buddy took...obviously very talented! 

http://www.jonaspphoto.com/moab/