Ham and Eggs Marriage

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, not unto men.

Colossians 3:23

 

 

It occurred to me, while eating breakfast the other day, that we can learn a lot about marriage from this little meal. Now you might not think that we can find spiritual inspiration in what we eat, but there are lessons to be learned in even the most mundane of God's creation.  For me, my revelation came from ham and eggs.

 

You see, it occurred to me that we enter into a marriage with a certain level of commitment.  We tend to approach our marriage as either the pig or chicken does toward our breakfast. If we are like the chicken, we make positive contributions to our marriage, just like the chicken does with our breakfast by providing eggs.  We invest in the relationship, but within limits.

 

The pig, on the other hand, displays a level of commitment that the chicken fails to reach.  By becoming the delicious ham on our plate, the pig shows that it is giving itself whole-heartedly to the breakfast.  There is no possibility of walking away from the commitment; the pig is "all in." It has literally laid down its life for the relationship.

 

So the next time that you sit down to enjoy a breakfast of ham and eggs, take the time to think about your attitude toward your marriage.  Have you given yourself wholeheartedly to the marriage or are you holding back?  Are you a chicken or a pig?