IT’S WEDDING TIME!

Outside of salvation there is nothing more important than whom you “fall” in love with!

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis 2:24

Several years ago I heard someone say, “Every date is a potential mate.” Through the years I have seen young men and women fail to comprehend the simple truth that statement proclaimed. If they had never had that first date they would not be facing divorce right now.

I know people change over time, some for the better and others for the worse. I understand sooner or later the life altering decision of divorce may have to be made. But, in the beginning, it wasn’t designed to be that way. What changed…man’s wicked heart. (Matthew 19)

If you are single and “looking” for a spouse, make sure you put God first, allowing Him to guide your “search”. As you put Him first, He will guide your steps to the one He has for you and not the one Satan does. (Matthew 6:33)

GOOD FRIENDS ARE HARD TO COME BY!

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. -Anonymous

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24

This past weekend I was privileged to doing a reading at a friend’s wedding. The reading, in and of itself was great, but if any of you know me then you know I had to put a personal touch on it. As I was sitting there preparing for what I was going to say, I looked around and thought about the friends that had come out to support both the bride and the groom. The Lord brought to remembrance an old saying, “If a man has one true friend he is truly blessed.” I had the bride and groom look at the wedding attendants and said, “You truly are a blessed couple.”

While we can be thankful for the earthly friendships we have made over the years, nothing compares to the friendship we have in the Lord Jesus. When an earthly friend cannot be with you all the time, Jesus is with you always! When an earthly friend lets you down, Jesus will lift you up! When an earthly friend stabs you in the back, Jesus will heal the wound with the forgiveness He has given you. But the greatest thing about the Lord is…He came to us!

Friend, there is no other friend like the Lord Jesus! He is the friend that sticketh closer than a brother!

WHOM DO YOU LOVE?

It is within our nature to love someone…

            Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; Ephesians 5:25

            I am going to a wedding today. The groom is a friend of mine that I use to work with. He is a great guy and he truly loves his bride.

            I enjoy going to weddings. It reminds me of the great love that Christ had for the church. It reminds me how much Jesus loved me before I knew Him. (But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8) It reminds me of how I should love my wife. (Ephesians 5:25)—unconditionally.

While Jesus first loved us and gave Himself for us on the Cross of Calvary, it should be our response to love Him back! “We love him, because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19” So…WHOM DO YOU LOVE?