After a while of packing box, after box, after box, for our move to Hardin, I finally got tired of digging through all of our things, trying to decide what to keep. I made an executive decision. If I hadn’t touched it in at least a year (with a few exceptions) it was not going with me.
That was especially true for the storage shed behind our house. It was full of items that we had intended to “yard sale” with. I figured since we had not even opened the boxes in a couple years, they were safe to leave behind.
Oh, how wrong I was.
You see, one of those boxes contained items from my wedding! It contained several articles of clothing, books, and other priceless items. I had mistakenly put the box out with the yard sale items a couple years before! Thankfully, one of the members at the Sweetwater congregation was kind enough to call and tell me of the mistake.
It’s easy to make light of things when we haven’t touched them in a while. Making light of wearing the proper wedding garments caused problems for the man in Jesus’ parable in Matthew 22:11-14. He came to a wedding, but made light of the situation. His disrespect in not having the proper attire was what made the king angry, and brought about his demise.
Are you making light of that spiritual wedding between the Christ, the bridegroom (John 3:29), and His bride, the church (Revelation 21:2)? Have you also packed away your “wedding garments” in a long forgotten box?
~Daniel Howell
Daniel ... great article and great point. Being now married for 47 yrs I recommend to always say "our wedding" and even when excutives make a decision they report to a higher power (bd of directors,etc) -- and in this case your wife. I'm glad all turned out well for you and pray you have a good work in Kentucky. All will be better after the snow is gone.
ReplyDeleteI think as long as I say "our checking account" and "our car" and "our child", she might give me a pass on "my wedding." Thanks for reading!
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