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I've been thinking a lot about weddings lately... Not MY wedding, of course. Or anyone else's wedding for that matter. Just the vows that one makes upon getting married. I just never really realized how much it costs, I guess.

 

Dating someone and marrying someone are COMPLETELY different. When you're dating someone, wala! You're still your own person! You live your own life, you have your own stuff... But when you get married... Ayayay. And saying yes at the altar, before God and many witnesses... Wow. You BETTER keep your word. And it's scary to think that a lot of the things that you're saying yes to, you don't even know yet! I mean what if he leaves random appliances on? (Which I hate) Or moves your stuff around so much that you can't find them when you need them? (Which I really, REALLY hate) There's no way you can know that before marriage, diba? Eeee... Haha!

 

What got me thinking of this? Jesus! Kasi he describes His relationship with us as a bride--as His bride. And that's the most intimate relationship on earth, isn't it? When you marry someone, you have complete access to that person's life, that person's thoughts... You share his dreams, his weaknesses, his strengths, his worries... You share in his pain and in his joy. In his failures and successes... And you make a covenant to NOT LEAVE, under ANY circumstance. That's how Jesus sees us. He sees our hearts so deeply and so intimately. He knows every turn we're going to take, every mistake we're gonna make and he loves us COMPLETELY--as a husband loves his wife. And everything that Jesus has is ours, too! His strength, His joy, His prosperity, His security... His LOVE! The creator of the universe... Everything is His and He freely gives it to us. Amazing isn't it?

 

The thing is... Marriage is a covenant. It's either you're married or you're not. You can't have access to a person's life when you're dating. You can't have what he has if you're not married... And it got me thinking... Am I just dating Jesus?

 

There are certain things you have to give up when you get married. You can't be living a single person's life anymore. Priorities change--your life makes a complete 180, no compromise. The minute you say "I do" is the exact moment that you get a new life. It's a choice YOU make. No one can say yes for you. So you've really got to think. This isn't just a happy-happy, fleeting emotions sort of thing. It's one thing to love someone and another thing to commit to a person. Marriage is a life-long, solid, no turning back commitment. And that's what Jesus desires from us.

 

Okay... I know this seems kind of strange, and I've really never thought of God this way, but today, I am saying "I do." Do you?