Today's reading: Judges 21; Ruth 1, 2 ; Psalm 20, 50, 80, 110, 140; Proverbs 20
Ruth 1:16-17, "And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me."
We live in a day that relationships are disposable. This should not be. Our Scripture for today is is one that is often used at weddings. I remember when my wife and I were first married she played the piano and/or sang in eight weddings in seven weeks. We were pretty busy back in those days.
We had the pleasure of attending a wedding service of sorts last Sunday. It was a renewal service or ceremony for a couple in our Church. It was so beautiful. There was nothing fancy about it. The beautiful part was the committing again of this couple to one another. Their children were able to attend this service also.
The best part of the service; I thought, was that there was going to be no giving away of the bride as there were no parents there. One of the trustees of the Church walked the lady down the aisle. When asked, "Who giveth this woman to this man?" the reply came back, "The Church and I do." It was so awesome!
Why do I ramble today about such things? Simple. When we enter into a marriage relationship we are making a covenant with our mate for life. No matter what may come we are to be committed to them "until death do us part". This is not a reference to homicide. Seriously, we need to be in it for the long haul no matter what comes or goes, depending.
It helps if your marriage; like the one renewed last week, is built upon the Lord Jesus Christ. Notice Ruth 2:12, "The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust." I believe that you will be rewarded for sticking to it. We need to trust Christ for eternal salvation; but, we also need to trust Him for daily things like food, etc... It will be payday some day and the books will be opened and then we will all know how good or bad we really did. I hope that I finish well. I hope that when I am old that I will be able to look back on life and see a life that was filled with serving God and loving the wife, children and family He blessed me with. Proverbs 20:29, "The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head." The gray head comes so much faster than you realize.
So friend, how is your marriage?
