Breakage

"From the beginning of creation God made them male and female," Mark 10:6.

And that, Jesus said, quoting opening verses of the Hebrew Bible, is the reason a man, a husband, cuts ties with his parents and holds fast to his woman, his wife. But the question posed to Jesus was whether a man could divorce his woman willy-nilly. You know, get married and if things don't work out - you know, like, she just doesn't make you happy all the time - you know, you just get divorced and move on. You know. Jesus said: No. Never was God's plan. Not from the dawn of creation. God joined the man and woman. From the two (male and female) God made them one. Said Jesus: Don't you dare break it. (But we, humans, break it anyway ... and aren't our children so much brighter for it? You know.)

As we visit with a brother or sister today, we remind each other of God's creation wisdom. And, especially broken, we can only turn to his grace  - where else?! And, together, we give thanks for redemption, for Jesus who paid dearly the price for our breakage. Who receives every child as his own. Sky kingdom.