People are Not Easy to Love no. 22

“Two are better than one, in that their cooperative efforts yield this advantage: if one of them falls, the other will help his partner up — woe to him who is alone when he falls and has no one to help him up. Again, if two people sleep together, they keep each other warm; but how can one person be warm by himself? Moreover, an attacker may defeat someone who is alone, but two can resist him; and a three-stranded cord is not easily broken” (Kohelet (Ecc) 4:9-12). Marriage brings two together into a union that is stronger than each of its two parts alone. Two are better than one.

Two are better than one when we fail. If one falls physically, mentally, or spiritually, then the other is there to help the partner up. Too often in this world folks are falling all alone. In marriage, there is the assurance of help in our times of need. Marriage is an opportunity to serve each other and give help when times are difficult.

Two are better than one when life gets cold. Many of us have seen how cold and dangerous the world can be. Alone we cannot get ourselves warm. Alone we can not bring the comfort that a warm bed and a gentle embrace provides. Marriage brings the two together to keep one another warm in the midst of the coldness of the world.

Two are better than one when life gets dangerous. There are going to be attacks brought against us by the world. These attacks can stem from our typical situations of life. Alone we can easily fall to our attacker. Marriage provides a partner to keep us safe despite the dangers of this world.

Two are better than one when walking this world of failure, discomfort, and danger. Together we are stronger than a three-stranded cord, bound together by God’s love, grace, and mercy.