In many ways, the story of Salvation History is a love story. It is the story of God creating us out of love, losing us to sin, and then pursuing us through time to win us back. The Bible, in fact, is filled with this sort of marital imagery. Marriage was designed by God at the creation of the world, to be both a natural help and supernatural help to men and women. It teaches us about ourselves— about how we are to live and love in this world. And it teaches us about God—about who He is and how He loves. It is for these reasons that marriage is a vocation, a holy calling that not only helps us grow in holiness, but also equips us to help others grow in holiness.