where two are joined

I love weddings. I know, I know. It’s rare that a guy says that I think. But I am at a point in my life where I really enjoy them. Actually when I really care about the two people getting married of course it is even more meaningful. I love to be a part of a worship service in which two people spiritually become one. God is taking two lives that previously were separate and He is making them one. Isn’t God cool? I mean I am reminded of who I was and what I was like before marriage and I have to admit that it was pretty scary. Keep in mind I was a Christian but it didn’t mean that I wasn’t still completely selfish about life in general. Marriage for the first time really forced me to think through what it meant to be completely selfless. For the first time in my life I had to think about someone else’s needs and wants. Then came children and my world really got rocked! Anyway, so marriage is a supernatural event. I really found myself in deep worship just yesterday. I got to witness the joinings of two lives. Faith McKinnon and AJ Parry were married yesterday. It was awesome to see and hear how God worked in their lives and brought them together. It was also awesome for Christina, the boys, and I to be there and to see so many friends. One really cool part of the ceremony was when Pastor Dave Rhodes spoke about what it means to enter into a covenant with another. These two people were standing before all of us and making a covenant agreement with each other, us, and most importantly God. God is always doing His part if we would just be willing to do our part and fully commit to Him. I wish it was easy to stay fully committed. Reality is that it just is not easy to always be fully committed. Marriage is a commitment that takes work and so is our relationship with Christ, it takes work. It was interesting in our worship service today that one of our pastor’s spoke on this very issue, commitment. The interesting thing is the very pastor was Greg McKinnon, the father of yesterday’s bride! So just as a wedding reminds me of a union between two souls and God, it also reminds me of my union with Christ. I must be willing to stand before him and say that I am willing to “forsake all others.” How about you? Are you forsaking everyone and everything else for Him? Here comes the bride.