Two is not enough. The gift of the marriage covenant was created at the beginning and is affirmed throughout the Bible.
In traditional circles around the globe, the family is lifted up as primary. There is good reason for it, but family depends on a procreating couple. The procreating couple is dependent on a man and a woman in a covenant in a biblical worldview. However, Genesis goes deeper, as does the remainder of Scripture.
The covenant of a man and woman in marriage was intended to involve an active walk with their Creator that involved contact face to face, walking in a knowledge of His presence, and communication. This is what is expressed in Genesis 1 and 2. Why? His intentions of lovingkindness toward mankind are intimately connected with His desire to have a people for Himself. Too often, however, these things are touted as principles and not a living walk. The biblical picture in Genesis 1 and 2 is muddied and corrupted by sin (Genesis 3 and following). Hence, God’s repeated issues with those who engage in relationships outside of biblical marriage — of any sort, and there are many ‘sorts’ with increasing acceptability among deteriorating cultures. The trends do not in any way circumvent God’s intentions, standards, or desires.
How many portions of Scripture deal with this issue? Dozens. It is not an isolated concept. Rather, the Bible begins addressing the marriage covenant in Genesis, repeats issues surrounding marriage and morality throughout the Old Testament, and cites Jesus Christ’s references to Genesis in the Gospels. It deals with the unfortunate existence of divorce in multiple places in the Gospels and Epistles, addresses marriage as important in qualities of leadership and service in the body of Christ, and warns of relationships outside of marriage through the last book of the Bible (Revelation).
We affirm the wonder of marriage and it’s blessings when God is at the core. Two is not enough. We each found in our last marriages before our late spouses died that Jesus Christ was a real part of the relationship. Now, having been married to each other three years, we even more confidently affirm the biblical world view of marriage. Our active interaction with our Lord and Savior has grown even more. We talk more of Him, experience His guidance and presence in an increasing manner, and find that a living walk with Him provides a dimension in the relationship that has no limits of increasing. We can say this with authority: it is possible to walk with God in a covenant that He designed and find that 2 Pet 1:2-8 is a picture of growth that can be expected to continue.
Furthermore, the home, wherever it might be found, then becomes a place with promise for the family as well as a refuge for the widow, the orphan, and those injured in life. 
Then, the covenant (God as the central cord) becomes the well from which healing, deliverance, exhortation, and encouragement can flow. The family without God, or with only family being lifted up as primary, is not sufficient for growth that involves real spiritual change. Jesus Christ, the moving of the Spirit of God, was meant to be the water from the well-spring that gives true drink.
We have certainly not arrived, but we testify of these biblical aims. What we have learned comes from the benefit of the One who is at the foundation of it all.
Roland and Faylene
