June is the month for weddings as young men graduate from college and are ready to take a wife. I attended another wedding over the weekend, and as I mentioned before, I’m always interested in hearing the young couple’s vows as they promise their lives to one another. The wedding vows of a Christian couple are always beautiful to behold. Leadership coupled with submission are God’s way of blessing a marriage.
The pastor reminded us all that a young woman is under the protection of her father until he passes that responsibility on to her husband when he gives her hand in marriage. The pastor also reminded us that marriage is a picture of Christ and the church. For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and they become one flesh.
And so I began to consider what picture my own marriage is showing. Am I blurring the picture, or is it a picture of true reflection of Christ and the Church? And what picture am I showing to an unbelieving world so that God’s Word is not brought dishonor?
Today is our 42nd anniversary. Our marriage hasn't always been the picture it should be, but by God's grace it's coming more and more into focus.
The photo is our hands taken at our wedding 42 years ago today. A lot more than our hands have changed.
