G. DEON THOMPSON

ABOUT MARRIAGE

 

Hello;

 

Consider this an official invitation to join me as I express my thoughts on marriage.

Regardless of who you are or your perspective in life; I would like you to join into this discussion on such a meaningful subject. I personally enjoy all aspects of my marriage; it’s like eating the very best strawberry cheesecake. I grow and learn from my interaction in marriage every day. I believe marriage is a beautiful accomplishment in which a true relationship grows.

 

I offer no professional background or title that denotes privileged wisdom on the subject. I don’t have a priestly dispensation, a church or a following that I can refer to. I’m just that concerned everyday ‘Joe’ who believes in this special institution called marriage. Marriage for me is like having a 1969 Dodge Charger; soft hands, full maintenance and special care is required. It should always be in pristine condition.

 

My only true acumen to speak and share on marriage is simple experience; perhaps it’s the best teacher. What I bring to the table is my love interacting with my wife each day. My life with her is a vocation of understanding. That understanding allows me to apply imperative truths I learn. My own experience will challenge new undulating ‘truths’, with fostered and proven realities, with the intention to re-ignite empirical pragmatism and leper new world paradoxes.

 

There is no doubt that marriage, as a topic, is widely written about. It is the focus of debate, love stories, entertainment, wars, games and even fantasy. A person might ask, ‘why would anyone venture into such a topically controversial subject, where all the matters appear exhausted?’

 

Truth is; the wide extent, to which marriage is researched, discussed and written about, is the exact reason to join the conversation. Not participating in the discussion only allows persons like me to surrender our beliefs to other positions that we actually disagree with.

 

Marriage is an important subject. Couples used to look to marriage to legitimise their relationship. It formerly and unequivocally stood as ‘the’ venerable institution with cogent girth; but with changing cultures and values, the foundation of marriage is severely cracked and damaged. The palatial structure has fallen.

 

This foray into ‘About Marriage’ is my way to help rebuild that foundation. I intend to use Biblical values as the core material. Think of my construction work in this context. Like any good contractor, the material used for the building that emerges will be of the finest quality.

The Bible as a substantive and principled substance will never change; similar to concrete, it is technically the same material from yesterday to today. Contractors, using modern innovation, have found that high quality composite materials, when combined with concrete, produces extraordinary results.

 

My hope is that those extraordinary results will produce a new edifice of marriage. A building that when finished, will again stand as unshakable, and sturdy in withstanding the test of time.