Through the lens of Young married
Babel — name, scattering, and a counter-call
The voice in Genesis 11 says let’s make a name for ourselves — and notice the word us. Babel was a team project. The temptation didn’t just hit individuals. It hit a community.
Marriages can build their own little Babels. Let us make a name for ourselves. The right neighborhood. The right schools. The right Instagram. The right vacations. Two people aiming together — outward and upward — building a tower they both thought would make their lives feel real.
The problem is not having goals. The problem is when the goals stop being about what God called you to and start being about what would make you safe from being scattered. The shift is subtle. You can usually only see it by what gets sacrificed — Sundays, prayer together, a real Sabbath, the people who actually need you, time with your kids — to keep the tower going up.
One small thing this week: ask each other, with real honesty, what tower are we building together? Then ask the harder question — did the Father ask us to build it, or did we just start building? Whatever surfaces, bring it to him.