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As your maid-of-honor,
Regardless of my age, I will leave three
great, not-so-common and factual reminders for your marriage today.
1. A Great Marriage does not wholly depend on the wedding
(how grand or simple it was); a great marriage depends on what you do each day.
Because marriage is an everyday
process – which means there will be up’s and down’s… for the Lord will not
promise a flat, easy relationship. He promises that “I will never leave you,
nor forsake… Trust me.”
2. A Great Marriage is partially made by a community. Someone said that “it takes a village to raise a
child.” Since they are two and soon will be three (or four and more), they will
need a community that is composed of family, relatives and friends who will
support them not only by financial, but also by all the aspects in life (i.e.
emotional and spiritual)
3. A Great Marriage is not a man-made invention; it is
God who made it. He said, “Uniquely,
I am going to choose one thing in life to show every human being most deeply
what’s like for me to love my creation… and that’s marriage.” He chose marriage to reflect who He is in a
trinity, serving and loving one another. This will be a great reminder for the
both of you when you are having tough times. Always remember that your marriage
reflects God’s love for everyone. Unconditional love – for love is not a contract:
it is not “do this and I’ll give you this.” Instead, It is a covenant that
perfectly shows God’s unconditional love (I will not say perfect love because
no one can ever do that, just “unconditional love”) It is like, “I love you
right now; I give you grace right now. No matter what happens, I will always be
here for you.”
So, when you are
almost giving up, remember what God does – He never gives up. The bible shows His
unfailing love – even when we rebel, He always do things to rebuild the
relationship and to pursue us even more.
- Like the Great flood. He did that to reboot everything for us. But we sinned again.
- So what He did, He sent His only begotten Son to redeem us. But we spat on His face and killed Him.
- But He pursued us again by leaving someone who will guide us (some say that it is called ‘conscience’, but for us it is called the Holy Spirit.)
He loves us so much that He never gives up… and
marriage is the greatest way to apply that ‘love’ to someone, your only one. So,
just remember the three reminders:
I am very much grateful to be the matron of honor for my brother's wedding with his ex-girl friend yesterday (July 18, 2015) at the Rosalinda Garden. Despite of the fact that I never got the chance to finish my speech at the ceremony because of the unwanted happenings, I am happy that I have shared one of my simple, special memories with my brother. Thank God for this blog!!!
PS: I'll be posting the short video and photos that I took soon. :)
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