Here we go again. Loading up to travel our butts off to celebrate a wedding. I mean at this point we can just skip most vacations and family reunions and wait for the next couple to commit to marriage and we can have it all at once. It’s not about the wedding, although we do enjoy the wedding, its about the marriage. We are crazy about marriage. I guess you could say we are in love with Love.
Why are weddings such a big deal? It represents so much more than the decor and ceremony. It’s not just the couple, but all who surround the couple. Showing up and showing support, love and commitment to those we love and are committed to, is what it is really about.
True Love and Beauty
Covenant love is committed and beyond a feeling or a season, or an agreement, it is a commitment before the God who came up with the idea of marriage and covenants.
Weddings are beautiful and fun and has about 1% to do with the real beauty and joy of marriage. Commitment to love, is true beauty and fun.
The first miracle Jesus did was at a wedding, changing water into wine. There is something about once you “change” your status, you can’t go back. It can change again, but you will not be changed back to original status. Once water has changed to wine, it isn’t water again. When God does something it’s a forever thing.
Marriage Changes
God has done so much throughout history to help us understand His commitment to His people. He calls his people, His Church, His bride. This marriage language is to help us understand the commitment and love He has for us.
Instead of being scared of marriage, we as believers, need to celebrate our heads off. It’s a jump into trusting God for more. It is a leap of faith in making a lifetime commitment. Marriage is risky and hard and full of adventure and it forces all to cling to who we truly trust. Trust is good in a marriage, just like love is good in a marriage, but only when we have trust in God and love for God, do we know where true Love and trust come from.
What is Worth Celebrating
I find it interesting how we find it easy to celebrate education, and job promotions, and accomplishments, but when it comes to marriage, especially if the couple is young, the world lets out a slight groan. All those other things are totally worth celebrating, but marriage is not a settling, as some view it. Marriage is worth serious celebration.
I’m not advocating for everyone to get married when they are young or get in a big hurry. Trusting God at every age and status is the only way to live single and married.
My head pounds a little when people say they need to live for themselves and experience more things before they settle down. Life and experiences before marriage are brought into the marriage with us. So live it up and know that life doesn’t end when marriage begins, it just doubles into one big life experienced by two people.
Who Do You Live For
Living for yourself, single or married is a dead end. Living for God single or married, at every age is the only way to live.
What is Love
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant, is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Marriage is serious celebration. Make is serious fun! I mean….look at that picture…it’s a little scary how serious I am. This photo is from my nieces wedding 2 years ago, to kick off the summer of weddings.
