Showing posts with label anniversary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anniversary. Show all posts

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Thursday Devotional - God is With Us in our Marriage 5/26/22

 Today is Joe’s and my 15th wedding anniversary! We got married on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and Joe planned a surprise honeymoon to Niagara on the Lake. (I knew we were going somewhere, but I didn’t know where.) I had said I didn’t want to go on a long or far away honeymoon, in case we ended up too exhausted after the wedding and couldn’t fully enjoy it! Plus, we needed time to get use to each other – living together, sleeping together, etc.

God takes two people and makes them one. We are now one couple, one family unit, and one tax return! 😊 God’s plan is for us to grow closer to each other as we grow closer to Him. If we are both growing closer to Him, then I don’t see how we can grow apart.  

Matthew 19:3-6    3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”

4 “Haven’t you read,” he [Jesus] replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

God is to be at the center of every Biblical marriage. He wants to help marriages. Whose marriage will you pray for today? Pray for them to recognize God’s presence, His desire to help, and His purposes for them as one.

Alice

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Thurs Devo: Wedding Symbols

Today is our 9th wedding anniversary! (Happy Anniversary, Joe!)
The other day I decided to look back through our ceremony program and saw the information on wedding symbols that we included on the left-hand side of our program. As Joe and I prepared for our ceremony, we were curious about the various traditional wedding symbols and why we have or do certain things at Christian weddings. We decided to research many of the symbols and then included some of our findings in our program.
So, I thought I would stray from our next passage in Revelation and instead share this section of our program with you today!
Wedding
Many of the symbols that are incorporated into modern weddings have traditional biblical meanings. Some of these symbols are as follows:
Bridesmaids – provide light for the groom who comes at night (Matthew 25:1-13)
White wedding gown – symbol of purity and virginity
Veil – symbolizes a wife’s submission, innocence, and being reserved for her husband
Train of the dress – symbol of honor and majesty (Isaiah 6:1)
Jewelry – symbolizes strength and joy (Isaiah 49:18 and 61:10)
White Runner – associated with God’s presence in the covenant
Groom (standing at the front) – symbolizes that he initiates the covenant
Rings/Unity candle/Kiss – symbolize the covenant becoming final and the two becoming one
Reception – Great celebration once the groom has fulfilled the covenant (Revelation 19:7-9 God acts as both host and Groom at the final celebration)