It was great to attend our friends’ wedding yesterday. Glad to see both of them united in Christ as a new family. It is also refreshing to listen on sermon about marriage and how to keep the commitment that we have made in the marriage.
It’s a good reminder to see that marriage is a three-way contract. It’s not only between the husband and the wife, but also between each of us and God. That is why the pastor asked the same question to each of the couple, whether they are willing to live faithfully to one another and love each other in sickness and health, in sorrow and joy.
Also, the theme was yielding to God’s plan in marriage and life. The sermon reminded that the first step is to discern what God’s plan in our marriage. That is tough. But the second step is even much tougher, that is given that we know God’s plans for us, are we willing to follow them on top of our own personal dreams?
There will be sure many ups and down in life including marriage. So how much we want to involve God and believe that God can work in all things in our good? How much do we want to spend the efforts to keep growing? As we are more into the marriage, we will have higher tendency to take things for granted and stay the same, which may not be what God’s wants.
Sounds tough. But the good news is that we just need to improve bit by bit, it is not necessary to change over night even if it is possible. Also, there are still many weddings to attend which will again act as a milestone to check our progress.
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