6 Ways to Ruin a Marriage: 8/7-8/2010
We hope that this weekend’s message from Craig Gross started some conversations. Between husbands and wives. Between people who are dating. Between single friends talking about the kind of marriage they might want to have someday. We hope it got you talking.
We hope this weekend gave you a chance to think about what it means to love your spouse like Jesus loves the church.
But to do that, we have to remind ourselves how Jesus loves the church.
After all, we don’t always love the church. The church disappoints us, hurts us, confuses us. But Jesus loves the church and that should mean something to us. It means that, like a marriage, we don’t give up. Like a marriage, we practice healthy communication, we stay true to our commitments, we put ourselves aside for the other.
Go back and look at Ephesians 5.23-32, Craig’s text for this weekend. Think about how Jesus gave himself up for the bride, the church. Think about what an undeserving lot we are. Think about the face of Jesus lighting up when we walk down the aisle.
Church is difficult. Marriage is difficult. But in both cases, it is the love of Christ that makes it worthwhile.
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And just because it never gets old, here’s that video of that couple getting married and everybody dancing down the aisle. As you watch it this time, imagine the kind of party it will be, and could be now, when the bride of Christ, the church, meets Jesus, her suitor, her Savior, her eternal dance partner.
