What is marriage??

The traditional definition says: "the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision of a man and woman to live as husband and wife, including the accompanying social festivities."The state, condition, or relationship of being married; wedlock:a happy marriage.

yes it really did say "happy".

I loved that the second part included happy because I didn't expect to see that in the traditional definition. But after looking through the millions of different definitions I found that the definition for marriage that had to do with inanimate objects actually described the value of marriage the best.  That definition is as follows.

"A blending or matching of different elements or components".

Then it proceeded to give an example:

"The new lipstick is a beautiful marriage of fragrance and texture."

This is it! That is what marriage means! It's taking two people made up of different elements by God and blending them or matching them together the way that he intended them to even each other out and become one beautiful thing in the end. You don't lose the beautiful elements that God made you with, you are just made with the perfect elements that would match up with someone else and blend with another's to make a perfect concoction (or however you spell that). :) I like to think of it as a McDonald's cheeseburger. You can still taste the individual flavors (elements) of the pickles, the cheese, the ketchup, burger and sesame seed bun but when all these individual elements are blended and matched together you get one delicious burger! Now I really want McDonalds. 

Lesson Learned:

Don't ever compare something your writing about with food, because you'll get really hungry...oh yeah and marriage is sacred and the right blend is out there for you, remember that God knows the desires of your heart. :)