We went to a wedding last night, and as I’m prone to do these days, I cried. I hope I don’t have to turn in my man card, but it makes me cry happy tears when I witness a happy couple getting married. Marriages and childbirths are two of the happiest occasions there are and I’m a sucker for those moments. It’s only gotten worse the older I become.
Marriage, as ordained by God, is so filled with symbolism and imagery, and it is both a joyful and solemn occasion, never to be taken lightly. When a husband and wife exchange vows before God, they should never be broken. You belong to each other and you are to give 100 percent of yourselves to each other, putting no other, except for God, above your spouse.
Choose your spouse carefully and prayerfully so that you may spend the rest of your lives together through all seasons and manner of circumstances. Your children should be blessed with parents that love God first, each other and their families, above all else. Stay focused on him and remain in fellowship together so that your marriage is Christ-centered and the three-stranded cord of God, husband, and wife may never be broken.
If your reality is that you have gone through the pain of divorce, God is able to handle that. Although he hates divorce, he loves you and is able to pick you up and, depending on your specific circumstance, redeem your marriage, find you a new spouse that you can build your life with, or call you to a powerful, anointed single life if that is your choice. With God, all things are possible. Keep your eyes on him and your faith in him.
We are the bride of Christ, and he will return one day and call us home to be with him forever. Be ready when that time comes. What a wedding feast that will be!
Ephesians 5:25 (TPT) - “And to the husbands, you are to demonstrate love for you wives with the same tender devotion that Christ demonstrated to us, his bride.”