Leaving: Saying Good-bye to Your Parents!

LEAVING

So long, See ya later, Good-bye!

What picture comes to mind when you hear these words? Your mom standing on the doorstep with tears welling up in her eyes? Your dad giving you a big, strong hug before you leave? A newly married daughter waving out the window as she is leaving the church?

Although some "good-byes" can be very joyful, they are usually quite emotional. Particularly when it involves a mother and father letting go of their son or daughter.

God's Word presents clear and concise directions concerning leaving. These Bible study questions are designed to encourage you to consider how Biblical principles could have personal application to you in your marriage.

Mark 10:6-10 (The Message)
⁶  In the original creation, God made male and female to be together.
⁷  Because of this, a man leaves father and mother, and in marriage
⁸  he becomes one flesh with a woman—no longer two individuals, but forming a new unity.
⁹  Because God created this organic union of the two sexes, no one should desecrate his art by cutting them apart."
¹⁰  When they were back home, the disciples brought it up again.

Lets see if you can answer these questions as it relates to the Bible and your own marriage.

 1. Since when has "leaving" been part of God's design for marriage?

2. Why does the newly married couple need to leave their parents?

3. What did "leaving involve in your marriage?

4. If you had to leave all over again, what would you do differently?

In order to have a successful marriage a husband and wife has to LEAVE their father and mother and CLEAVE to each other. This is an important biblical principle that is left out of the pulpits in churches today that needs to be addressed. Once a couple is successful in doing this then and only then can the two become one flesh. 

We will more go more in-depth on the subject of cleaving in my next post