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In FIVE days, I will be married. I've been counting down the days for so long, it seems surreal that it's actually going to be here in a matter of days. Something that's stuck on my heart that I've been pondering lately and recognizing in my life over the last month is the fact that Satan hates marriage.
The woman in our mentor couple prayed for me a month ago, and she said in her prayer, "God we know that Satan hates marriage, so we just pray that you protect them..." It shocked me like a flash of lightning. I wanted to stop her and say, "Hold up- Satan hates marriage?! Where did this come from and WHY have we not talked about this?!" It was nothing had ever occurred to me before. Satan hating marriage...

So, I spent quite a bit of time wondering why. Why does Satan hate marriage? If that's true, what am I getting myself into?? Something ELSE in my life that Satan hates....

But then I started to see ways that Satan hating marriage has manifested itself in society. Infidelity, divorce, abuse... None of those things are of God, nor are they how God created relationships to be. God may allow these things to happen, but He does not cause them. It's heartbreaking and disgusting how the enemy can just weasel his way in and destroy relationships.

I finally realized that it completely makes sense that Satan hates marriage. I mean, marriage between a man and a woman emulates the relationship between Jesus and the Church (the body of Christ). Duh! How could I not see that? Of course Satan hates anything in my life that is of God- and marriage definitely is of God. So the enemy hates and seeks to destroy everything about marriage and people who are entering it. Even people who don't know God. Because this THING- this bond, this commitment- they are making is of God, created by God, orchestrated by God, made in the image of God and His relationship with His people. Satan wants to destroy any hopes of people coming to know God and marriage is a very easy target.

So even though I'm so excited and joyful to be marrying the man of my dreams and best friend this Saturday, I know I need to be on my guard even more so now. And I need to be actively praying for my (soon-to-be) husband, his walk with God, and for our relationship.

It's a seemingly daunting task, but I'm ready to take it on. With my best friend.