Back, busy and sharing Gods love
Ok It has been some time since I have last posted; life has been busy, very busy. My little sister Got marred about two weeks ago, she and her husband to be asked if I would perform the ceremony. I am not an ordained minister but in my county you can get a permit for a specific wedding on a specific day. She and her husband lived together before they got married, that is something I did not agree with but it is there life not mine. They do not attend a church but they “believe in God” and at time want to know him better.
In our world, the world of christen faith and Christian culture it is not theologically sound for a Christian to marry to non Christians or those that live in a non practicing state. I am not going to argue the theological implications of doing this. I don’t disagree with them for the most part. God has had a different plan for me. I have done this twice now. Threw prayer I know I have done his will and in the process each time brought the good news of his love for the world to unsaved ears. Below is the message of his love I brought to my sisters wedding.
Message
Jose and Jessica today I am going to talk about love. As Christians we know that first John 4:8 tells us that God is love. I would like you Jose and you Jessica and every one hear keep that in mind as I read to you 1 Corinthians Chapter 13 4:8
1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
4Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8Love never ends.
These verses are not just ideals to try to live by, these are some of very the attributes of God, and as Christians we are called to live in this same manor. God looks at us through this lens of love. We should do the same, especially to our spouses. If we do not do it at home first how can we love properly anywhere else? Another word the church threw the ages has used to describe theses verses and this chapter in Corinthians in particular is charity.
One of the most important things we can do in marriage as well as in life is to live in a manor that is humble and charitable to those around us.
Philippians 2: 3-4 says this about humility
3Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.4Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
St. Francis of Assisi is my favorite among all the Saints. The way he lived For God idealized simplicity, humility, and charity. I am going to pray the prayer of St Francis over you two. Then you to are going to take your vows of marriage. You guys ready?
Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Lord please bless this marriage with your holy love and grace. I pray as they go threw life that your loving hand would lift them up in times of hardness, that your love would be a guiding lamp unto there feet, and that your mercy would be a natural part of their daily lives. In Jesus name Amen.
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