It has been nearly nine months since Ellie and I got married! Time has gone so quickly. 2012 seems to have been the year of the wedding. We have been to so many this year and have loved every single one of them! People have often asked me since our wedding day what I think the best thing about being married is... On March 31st 2012, the day we got married, Ellie and I made vows to each other in which we promised to love each other no matter what life throws at us. The rings we exchanged are a symbol of this. Whenever I make mistakes and don't get things quite right, Ellie keeps loving me anyway. Hopefully I am the same towards her. The way we love each other is transformational and redemptive because it reminds us of the way God loves us. If Ellie and I can try and love each other in this way then how much more perfect is God's love towards us! No matter what we have done, or what we will do he will always love us. When I do get something wrong, am short tempered or grumpy in the morning, Ellie keeps loving me. This is transforming, it makes me into a better person because it reminds me all the time of the perfect, unfailing and redemptive love of God. God ministers to us both of us through this. During the extended time of worship at our wedding ceremony Mick (the wonderful vicar who married us) said to the congregation that Ellie and I were not marrying each other just because we love each other. We were getting married because we believe that marriage is a sign of God's love for the church. He said that he believed God was speaking to some people for the first time about his love for them through our relationship...that Ellie and I are promising to love each other and that this is just a glimpse of the amazing promises and love God has for his people. That is the best thing about marriage! Our Prayer is that our marriage will continue to transform us and speak to us about the love of God. We also pray that those who don't know him will encounter his love through us and all Christians who have been called to marriage. Tweet this post or like it on Facebook below |