Recently there has been buzz that Melania will not be moving into the White House. I hear she will be staying in their New York Penthouse. One of the reasons I read was that she did not want to disrupt her son, who had been through a lot during the past several months as his father campaigned. While I believe it is important to have consistency for our children, I was concerned about the tone of the article. What the writer kept reiterating is that Melania is very close to her son, and she is very worried about her son. While this is commendable and sounds beautiful, I think it is also important to consider her husband. Now I do not know the dynamics of their marriage, and I know with the money they have, they can easily fly to and fro between New York and DC daily, but here are my reasons why I think couples should always live together. Especially when one is going to have such a stressful job as commander-in-chief of the most powerful nation in the world.
1. Living in the same house allows you to walk together as “one”, you run the house together, you sleep in the same bed, you see each other daily.
2. The enemy loves division- If there are any areas in a couple’s life where there is separation or division the enemy can use it as access into the marriage, the couple must always fight for togetherness.
3. While our children are important, we can not put them before our spouse. If our marriages are happy and healthy so will our children be.
4. Attacks intimacy- When people live in different homes, the sexual intimacy is more difficult as well as the emotional intimacy, living in one house allows access to other person in times of emotional and sexual needs.
It is important to know that the number one thing the enemy hates in marriage is unison or agreement, scripture tells us where two or three walk together, God is in the mist. We also know that two people can not be equally yoked unless they are walking in the same direction and in agreement. Am I saying their marriage won’t work?, no of course not. I just know there will have more obstacles to jump through living in different homes.
