The week leading up to my wedding to Trent, I wanted to really focus on the promises I was about to make and their meaning, so I decided to journal my thoughts about my vows and the significance of the upcoming wedding… (Click here to read about Submission.)
Christian marriage is not about hearts and roses. It is, however, about a Divinely arranged union that has the potential to show the world God’s faithful love for His people. That is such a high calling with great potential! We can scream to the world about how God loves them as loud as we want, but really, the more effective route is to show them what this love looks like in an everyday setting.
The extent of God’ faithfulness is spelled out in Genesis 28:15:
Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go… for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.
Israel (and us Gentiles, now!) is God’s ugly bride. He loves, she recoils. Sometimes she seems to love for a while and then commits adultery with the world. Her passions come and go with the wind. Sometimes she loves, other times she denies she even knows Him. But what is God’s response throughout this relationship?
He loves. Always. He is always calling her back. It blows my mind. God has been striving with the rebellious human race for so many thousands of years. He is the Ultimate Lover.
I am called to be a picture of Him in my love for Trent. Marriage was made to last. God never cops out, and neither should I.
Trying to mirror this in my marriage seems a little difficult. I know I’m not going to be able to do it all the time. That’s why it’s put this way in our vows, “I will, with God’s help… be faithful to you.”
I will say to Trent as God said to Israel,
I will not leave you.
No comments yet.