In Jeremiah, chapter two, verse two, “Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.” Early in Israel’s history, God’s people trusted in the Lord with deep devotion. So intimate was their relationship that the Lord was considered the nation’s “husband,” as in chapter three, verse fourteen, chapter thirty-one, verse thirty-two, and Isaiah fifty-four, verse five, respectively. But now the whole house of Israel had forsaken God and gone after other gods, as in verses four to five, and verse twenty-five.
I remember my first kindness to thee, when I delivered thee out of Egypt; and espoused thee to myself, to be my own peculiar people. The covenant God made with the Israelites at Mount Sinai is widely represented as a marriage contract. Upon this account, idolatry is represented as spiritual adultery, because it is the same degree of unfaithfulness to God which an adulteress is guilty of in respect of her husband. Out of that love and affection that thou didst manifest to me in following my conduct. Or rather, when thou wast led by me through the wilderness, and I took such care both to protect and provide for thee, and that by a train of miracles.
This expression from God sounds like “a marriage made in heaven.” However, the phrase “a match made in heaven” is widely known. The beginning of marriage has always been the best for many couples because both get to learn, discover, and experience each other in all areas of their lives. When the newlyweds are no longer new, the challenge now becomes maintaining and sustaining the marriage altogether. Remember vows.