Day 6
30-day reading plan: Mark 9 – 16
Daily Verse: Mark 10: 9
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.
Author and TV personality, Steve Harvey, on his premiere in the 2015 fall season had a dialogue between men and women about our differences. One woman asked why men she has dated don’t want to talk about marriage. The men surveyed said they don’t talk about marriage, because it’s not that big a deal to them. Harvey said men are more concerned with marriage and women are more concerned about the wedding, because women dream of their wedding day from the time they are little girls.
When it comes to weddings, I don’t typically like to perform them, because they often have little to do with God and more to do with all the pomp and circumstance and unity candles and bird seed. Men aren’t into the details of planning the wedding and often have little input about the ceremony. During pre-marital counseling, I was discussing the ceremony with a couple. The bride-to-be looked at her fiancé for his thoughts. He said, “It doesn’t matter to me. This is your day.”
Perhaps men have it right. We should focus less on the wedding day and more on the marriage, especially the vows. Marriage is more than one very expensive day. A wedding is the celebration of the beginning of a life-long commitment that won’t survive if the couple doesn’t think as much about how they will spend their life as the bride does on the details of the day.
The exchange of vows and rings are the words and symbols of a couple’s commitment to one another before God and their loved ones. If a couple takes seriously their vows, they invite God into their relationship and look to God for the patience and forgiveness required of marriage. Love alone isn’t enough to take you to your 50th wedding anniversary.
Question for reflection:
What advice would you give a young couple about marriage?
30-day reading plan: Mark 9 – 16
Daily Verse: Mark 10: 9
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.
Author and TV personality, Steve Harvey, on his premiere in the 2015 fall season had a dialogue between men and women about our differences. One woman asked why men she has dated don’t want to talk about marriage. The men surveyed said they don’t talk about marriage, because it’s not that big a deal to them. Harvey said men are more concerned with marriage and women are more concerned about the wedding, because women dream of their wedding day from the time they are little girls.
When it comes to weddings, I don’t typically like to perform them, because they often have little to do with God and more to do with all the pomp and circumstance and unity candles and bird seed. Men aren’t into the details of planning the wedding and often have little input about the ceremony. During pre-marital counseling, I was discussing the ceremony with a couple. The bride-to-be looked at her fiancé for his thoughts. He said, “It doesn’t matter to me. This is your day.”
Perhaps men have it right. We should focus less on the wedding day and more on the marriage, especially the vows. Marriage is more than one very expensive day. A wedding is the celebration of the beginning of a life-long commitment that won’t survive if the couple doesn’t think as much about how they will spend their life as the bride does on the details of the day.
The exchange of vows and rings are the words and symbols of a couple’s commitment to one another before God and their loved ones. If a couple takes seriously their vows, they invite God into their relationship and look to God for the patience and forgiveness required of marriage. Love alone isn’t enough to take you to your 50th wedding anniversary.
Question for reflection:
What advice would you give a young couple about marriage?
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