Canada? February? Wedding? Can’t beat it!Our son Mark married Bethany at six o’clock on a Wednesday night – snow on the ground and temperatures hovering at a steady –6C. Good do though. Lots of friends. A warm welcome of a winter’s eve. Party on to just short of midnight and a blistering snowstorm next day with a trip to a very arctic feeling Niagara Falls.
We had a call the other day to say that the couple had enjoyed their two-month anniversary (is that Pearl? Cotton? Plastic? – not sure.)
An old Celtic blessing to be spoken over a marriage goes something like this:
“May you not be gathered to the Father until your children have found love.”
It stuck in my mind. I turned it over and over and saw the sense of it.
This year is significant for us anyway – Mark married already, and our daughter getting married in September. As it happens, it’s 30 years for Ruth and I. So by the end of the year we’ll have newcomers, just beginners and older hands on the marriage road
The Bible says that the only picture we have of Christ’s love for the Church is marriage. So in September we’ll have a shot of all three couples together – setting off, early days, and well on the way. And with that snapshot (which I look forward to with mounting pride) we have an insight into the character of Jesus and his staying power – the same, Yesterday, Today and Forever.
“May you not be gathered to the Father until your children have found love.”
It stuck in my mind. I turned it over and over and saw the sense of it.
This year is significant for us anyway – Mark married already, and our daughter getting married in September. As it happens, it’s 30 years for Ruth and I. So by the end of the year we’ll have newcomers, just beginners and older hands on the marriage road
The Bible says that the only picture we have of Christ’s love for the Church is marriage. So in September we’ll have a shot of all three couples together – setting off, early days, and well on the way. And with that snapshot (which I look forward to with mounting pride) we have an insight into the character of Jesus and his staying power – the same, Yesterday, Today and Forever.
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