When you watch a movie for the first time, there will be things that you miss. Perhaps, you went to the bathroom, got something to drink or ran out for a refill of popcorn. Either way, watching a second time will reveal a catchy phrase, funny line or memorable moment that slipped by you the first time. As I caught a rerun of Evan Almighty over the weekend, I was touched by a conversation between Morgan Freeman and Lauren Graham.
Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, Genesis 7:6-8.
Freeman who plays God is serving as a waiter at a restaurant where Graham, Evan Baxter’s wife looks depressed. Leaving her husband behind, she thinks Evan played by Steve Carell is in need of intervention for mental health issues. In this time of crisis, she abandons her husband afraid of what might happen in the future. Before severing this relationship completely, God provides a word of advice to persuade Mrs. Baxter to return.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? – Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
The key to any marriage is standing side by side. Most wedding vows include “for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, til death due us part.” According to an article from Marriage Today, one out of three marriages in America end in divorce. Yet, this doesn’t tell the whole story as some states and regions have a much lower rate than the national average. Although the data is not available, it’s safe to say that those couples who have remained married have stood side by side through thick and thin. No matter how hard it may be at times, those who endure trials together, stay together. May thewords, “side by side,” renew and revive the covenant of marriage.
by Jay Mankus
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