Every lady wants a man who has a dream and vision while a man needs a woman who will support him and stand beside him; but the truth is both men and women are seeking for a friend to marry. I once heard a musical group called Bonnie & Clyde say, in one of their songs, that they want a man like their daddy. This must be because their dad is a caring father and a loving husband. The same is also true for some men. The kind of woman you choose will either make you or mar you; so you need to be careful on how you choose.
Now when the Bible says “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” One thing stands alone here “they shall be one flesh”. To be one flesh is to do all things together with no other person knowing about it. But this phrase many of us have ignored, so let us examine it.
The flesh is known to be the soft part of the body of a person or animal, which is between the skin and the bones, or the inner part of a fruit or vegetable. The skin is the visible part of the body but the flesh and the bones cannot be seen except the skin is cut open. When you cut the skin you get to the flesh, when you slice the flesh you get to the bones. The skin is known to be the natural outer layer which covers a person, animal, fruit, or any outer coverings; in human anatomy, the covering of the body's surface that both provides protection and receives sensory stimuli from the external environment.
The skin consists of three layers of tissue: the epidermis, an outermost layer that contains the primary protective structure, the stratum corneum; the dermis, a fibrous layer that supports and strengthens the epidermis; and the subcutis, a subcutaneous layer of fat beneath the dermis that supplies nutrients to the other two layers and that cushions and insulates the body.
The epidermis is made up of living and nonliving layers. Its innermost layers, the basal and spinous layers, are alive, and they produce cells, called keratinocytes, that form the dead outer layer, the stratum corneum, also called the horny layer. Keratinocytes contain the tough, insoluble group of proteins known as keratins that also make up hair and nails. The horny layer forms as keratinocytes, which become thin, hard and dehydrated, and migrate to the surface of the epidermis.
The basal layer also contains melanocytes—i.e., cells that produce the pigment melanin, which imparts colour to the skin and also protects it from the effects of ultraviolet radiation. Other cells found in the epidermis include Langerhans cells, which play a role in the body's immune defenses, and Merkel cells, which are involved in sensory reception. Structures such as hair follicles, nails, and sweat and sebaceous (oil producing) glands are appendages that develop from the epidermis and extend into the dermis.
The dermis takes up the greater part of the human skin. It consists primarily of connective tissue through which an elaborate network of sensory nerves and blood vessels thread. The major component of dermal connective tissue is the extra cellular fibrous protein collagen, which provides strength to the skin and resists deformation and tearing under stress. Fibers of collagen are organized loosely in the papillary layer of the dermis, which is adjacent to the epidermis. In the reticular layer, beneath the papillary layer, the collagen fibres are denser and more branched.
Another fibrous protein, elastin, which is more flexible than collagen, is found in the dermis. Fibres of elastin help the skin return to its original form after it has been stretched. Elastin fibres in the papillary layer also help to anchor the epidermis to the dermis. Surrounding these fibrous bundles is an extracellular gellike matrix called ground substance, which consists primarily of water, ions, and complex carbohydrates such as glycosaminoglycans that are often attached to proteins –proteoglycans-. Ground substance helps to hold the cells of the tissue together and allows oxygen and nutrients to diffuse through the tissue to cells. Three types of cells - fibrocytes, histiocytes, and mastocytes- are scattered throughout the dermis. Fibrocytes synthesize collagen, elastin, and ground substance. Histiocytes are a type of macrophage i.e., cells that dispose of cellular debris and invading microorganisms by engulfing and destroying them. Mastocytes, or mast cells, are located near blood vessels; they release substances that elicit such responses as fever, edema, and pain.
The subcutaneous fat layer consists chiefly of fat cells –lipocytes- arranged into collagen-bound lobules. This fat serves as a nutritional storage depot for the entire body, and it cushions the skin and insulates the body against temperature extremes. While the bone is known to be any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that makes up its frame, bone is a rigid body tissue consisting of cells embedded in an abundant, hard intercellular material. The two principal components of this material, collagen and calcium phosphate, distinguish bone from such other hard tissues as chitin, enamel, and shell.
The functions of bone include
1. Structural support for the mechanical action of soft tissues, such as contraction of muscles, expansion of lungs;
2. Protection of soft parts, as by the brain case;
3. Provision of a protective site for specialized tissues such as the blood-forming system --bone marrow-; and
4. A mineral reservoir or sink, whereby endocrine systems regulate the level of calcium and phosphate in the circulating body fluids.
When Adam first sees Eve, the very first thing he said is “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.” Immediately he set his eyes on her, he knew that this was the only person to support and strengthen him through the journey of life. He therefore proceeded to name her “…Woman because she was taken out of
Men are not to remain in their home. Once they get married, they have nothing to themselves again in that family except the name of the family, which they take with them as a way of extending the family values and creating standards for the coming generations of that family.
He then went on to say “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” I believe the main reason they were not ashamed is because both of them became one skin; covering each other’s nakedness, so instead of seeing themselves naked, they see each other as covered.
Now two things make them not to be ashamed of one another,
1. The man, who is the head, had chosen to cut himself off from his parents and instead be a man.
