On this day, 39 years ago, I walked the aisle to marry my beloved husband. It would seem, just
looking at the surface of things, that the odds were against us. I was too
young. I was still in high school. We came from different backgrounds. We didn’t
really know what we were doing. I walked the aisle to the bridal march amidst
thunder and lightning and pouring rain! Everyone knows that a stormy wedding
day is bad luck! It shouldn’t have lasted. But it did.
What we saw that day was none of the problems or issues that
seemed to destine us to failure. We just
looked at one another and kept our eyes focused on the one thing that mattered.
Love. All we wanted was to get married and live together the rest of our lives. We knew this was love and we made our vows
and somehow we managed to make it stick. As the song was sung that night, “There
is Love”.
When we say yes to Jesus, we are in essence saying I Do.
Many things can come against us. If we focus on those issues, we may find
ourselves veering off the aisle of faith. But as we focus our sights on the
Lord, He promises to keep us all the way to heaven. Hard times will come. We’ll find that
sometimes our desires aren’t the same as His and we have to make choices. Even
when we make poor ones, He stays with us to guide us back to Himself. Love. All
He wants is to love us and to have us love Him.
Because of His great love He makes this walk of faith stick.
Today may be a hard day for you. Maybe you’re facing
decisions you don’t really want to make. Maybe you were left at the altar of
life by someone you loved. Maybe you’ve walked away from God’s loving care and
done your own thing. It could be that the hurts and pain of unrequited love
have given you a bitter taste in your mouth and you see no way to love or be
loved ever again.
Oh beloved, run to the Bridegroom of your heart! His Wedding
Vows are set in stone and He’s placed them in a beautiful book of love so that
you can go back and rehearse and renew your knowledge of His wonderful love and
tender mercy. Everything He ever said about you, His beloved, in this book
remains true no matter what! The storms of life will come, but He says to you
this morning, “Oh beloved, come away with Me and let Me teach you all about My
love! I will never leave you, I will never forsake you, I will continually woo
you back to Myself no matter how you wander, no matter where you may roam. I AM
the One who keeps you. I AM the One who loves you. I AM the One who keeps my
eyes on your face for you are truly the apple of My eye. As you and I walk down
the aisle of life together, I will hold you by My right hand. All you need to
do is keep your eyes on Me. Together we can make this marriage work, for it is
truly a match made in heaven!” Oh how He loves and protects you! Now that’s
worth praising His name!
Deuteronomy 31:6 Be
strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your
God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.
Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me
to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I
will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
Psalm 17:8 Keep me as
the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings. (NAS)
Psalm 57:7 My heart
is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing, yes, I will sing
praises!
Jeremiah 31:3 Long
ago the LORD said to Israel: “I have loved you, My people, with an everlasting
love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.
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