But you know what? It’s always a big deal. All of our
marriages and families are a huge deal. Yours and mine. They’re
all that big of a deal... because each one is a billboard for the
eternal, unchangeable love story between God and humankind.
Each of their successes or failures is of great importance, both
in God’s eyes and, therefore, in our enemy’s eyes.
So he targets them. All of them. He targets our role as
wives, targets our husbands, and targets our children. He
brings dissension, infuses tension, unravels our sense of
peace with disunity. Because ultimately he wants to destroy
our families—all of our families—so that the billboard message
they’re designed to project to the world is a picture that is, at
best, laughable.
Now if you’re a single woman, thinking you might just flip
ahead to the next chapter since this one doesn’t apply to you,
think again. There’s more that pertains to you on this subject
matter than you may realize. We’re all a part of it, married or
not, or just not married yet. We need everybody praying—
even for a marriage and family like yours that may be still to
come in the future.