A busy father was looking for a way to entertain his young daughter. He found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. He gave the pieces to his child and suggested she try to piece the map back together.
After a very short time, she said she had finished. He was very surprised by how quickly she had done it. He asked her how she had managed to do it so fast. She replied, ‘I noticed when you took the page out of the magazine that on the back of the map of the world there was a picture of a man and a woman. I thought that “if I could put the man and the woman back together, I could put the world back together.”
Marriage and family life are hugely important. They are part of God’s natural order and are a vital part of the fabric of society. The Bible has a great deal to say about family life. Not only do we have a natural family but, as Christians, we are part of the church, which the New Testament sees as “the family of God”.
And that’s the memo.
By Nicky Gumbel
