Written 8.2.2012
Last night I went to a wedding. You know where the gorgeous looking princess marries her handsome prince charming and afterwards everyone stuffs themselves with cake and punch before sending off the couple in a sea of floating rice to the world of happily ever after.
Perhaps that is what comes to the mind of most when they think of the word wedding. The wedding of yesterday eve was all that and then so much more.
Candles flickered on the stage of church as it was filled with church goers, unsaved co workers, the culture saturated middle school girls, family, and friends from here there and everywhere. Beautifully combined were people from all walks of life, all because two people were brought together by God to spend the rest of their lives together.
It could have been just a wedding where vows were said and then sealed with a kiss, but no this was not a wedding to glorify the couple, but to glorify God.
Solomon words were spoken not just of love, but of solemnity of making a pledge before God. A man stepping forward to guide and protect his wife just as Christ does the church. A woman stepping forward to say she will trust and follow her husband as the church follows Christ.
Perhaps it does sound like a odd idea, but really this blushing bride and handsome groom will find themselves happy for years to come by following the simple formula God has laid out.
The love that was so evidently seen that evening was a selfless love. A love of longing to serve the other person to be their happiness and a laying aside of their own happiness to fulfill their spouse's needs.
Together as a whole we as the guests were witnesses to the event. Guests who had never heard the gospel heard and saw it breathed that night. Guests who had heard the gospel many times over were reminded of what it really was to live it in the every day things like being married.
Flickering candles, a cream colored lace dress, delicious eats, soft music, all those things made the wedding beautiful, but the real beauty of the wedding was the love of Christ that shown in the couple .
And so it was a beautiful wedding, not just because of how it looked, but also because of who was glorified that night.
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