Marriage Math: 1 + 1 = ONE Marriage wasn’t invented by Hollywood, Hallmark, government, social media, or that couple on Facebook who posts 47 anniversary selfies. Marriage was created by God—before sin, before what culture said marriage is, before arguments about where to spend holidays. God looked at Adam and said, “It is not good for man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18, NIV).

Translation? “This guy needs supervision.” So, God created Eve. Then God proclaimed, "The two shall become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24, paraphrase). When God joins two people, heaven does math differently.

I was never great at math, but I know 7 - 3 = 4 and 5 x 5 = 25. And 1 + 1 = 2. Right? But God uses a different calculator. In God’s marriage math, 1 + 1 = ONE. That’s not arithmetic. That’s spiritual algebra! Somewhere between the wedding cake and the first argument about the thermostat, we discover—this is supernatural. “Two shall become one flesh?” That’s not math. That’s a miracle!

Oneness doesn’t mean you both like all the same food, watch all the same shows, do laundry the same, or agree on how to load the dishwasher (she does it wrong by the way!). Marriage is two flawed people deciding: “I will love you even when you leave the toilet seat up.” And “I will love you even when I’m pushed to the last eight inches of the mattress edge, clinging on like a mountain climber.”