September 25, 2021
On this Satisfied Saturday, I give thanks for the newly married. Folks who have committed their lives to one another, to working things out when the disagreements happen (and they will), celebrating the joy and lamenting the sorrow (and there will be both), and doing the best they can to love one another and put the other first.
Marriage seems to have been around almost as long as there have been humans on earth. Sometimes I wonder why God established such a union. After all, there is much discussion about marriage in scripture - and not always between one man and one woman and not always “happy.”
But then, I believe God establishes all relationships and that all are important. They can be a taste, if you will, of the type of relationship between Father, Son and Holy Spirit. But only a taste. Human relationships all have their imperfections, unlike the Holy Trinity.
So on this wedding day for two associated with the congregation, I give thanks that God sees the importance of people being together. Not only in committed relationships like marriage, but friendships and congregations and communities and neighborhoods and countries and the world. Oh, that we humans would remember (and act accordingly) that ALL these are a taste of God’s perfect union found in the three-in-one.
Blessings. And prayers.
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