I do love weddings. I love that they are a celebration that lasts far beyond a short ceremony. I love that weddings are so much more than people traveling from all across the country to see a girl in a poufy dress and a guy in a rented tux say a handful of words at the front of a church. As much emphasis as is put upon the sideshow, the flowers, the food, the music; people come for the amazing joining of two people into one.
At weddings we laugh at the couple’s initial impressions of one another, which are comically antithetical to the outcome that all of one’s friends and family have gathered to witness. The bride walks down the aisle, standing with her father, to be joined to the man that has pursued her, wooed her, and finally won her heart. But, again, as fantastic as those things are, they are not the true reason for joy at a wedding celebration.
Weddings are such a celebration for the Saints. Knowing who we were apart from Christ, and now who were are united to him is worthy of a celebration bigger than the most raucous and wildly happy wedding reception.
“You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married. For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.” –Isaiah 62:4-5
God uses the covenant of marriage to explain what he has done for us and what we are to him. I love weddings because they are a beautiful reminder of the words that God has spoken over his people, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” Revelation 21:9
Congrats Meg and Sean. Congrats Al and Shannon. I love you.
Thanks for sharing your heart. Good words…you are such a blessing. UT
Hey, I just re-discovered this blog. We’ll be keeping up with it. Thanks for this post and for helping to make our wedding very fun and specialful.