THE WEDDING EVENT OF 2013

THE WEDDING EVENT OF 2013

   Tony and Michelle were wed July 4, 2013.  You may not have seen it on television, or read about it on the WWW, but I was there and witnessed it.  The biggest celebrity wedding of 2013....maybe not to you, but to me.  You see, no one in the national spotlight is more important than my family.  You can have Kim, Brittany, and Alex.  I'll take David, Tony, and Todd over any you can name.....even Michael Jordan!

   So, this was a big event.  I added a daughter to my family, not a daughter-in-law.  To understand how that happened, we can go back to the Book of Genesis, Chapter 2, when God made woman.

    Let us pick up the story of creation in verse 20:b:  But for Adam no suitable helper was found. (21) So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, He took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.  (22) Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib He had taken out of the man, and He brought her to the man.

   (23) The man said, "This is now bone of my bones

                                    and flesh of my flesh;

                                    she shall be called 'woman,

                                    for she was taken out of man."

(24) For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and THEY WILL BECOME ONE FLESH.  (NIV)

   Jesus, Himself confirmed that married couples are one in the eyes of The Lord in Matthew 19:  (4) "Haven't you read," He replied, "that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female, (6) and said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, AND THE TWO WILL BECOME ONE FLESH'?  (6) So they are NO LONGER TWO, BUT ONE.  (NIV) Therefore Tony and Michelle are no longer Tony and Michelle, separately, but they are Tony and Michelle, one....married.  Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."  (NIV)

   God created the male and the female uniquely to "come together as one flesh".  No law or political party can improve on what my Lord has done.

   Then, we see in Ecclesiastes 4, that (9) two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: (10) if one falls down, his friend can help him up.  But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!  (11) Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.  But how can one keep warm alone?  (12) Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.  A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. (NIV)
   The marriage covenant is between the two (husband and wife), but a cord of three strands is stronger than a strand of two.  God is the third strand.  But make no mistake, when Michelle became "one" with my son, she became "blood of my blood", so that makes the cord with four strands...it includes me.  Also, what I have always told my son applies to her:  I may not always approve of your actions, but you will always be mine.  I will always love you....unconditional love....with all your warts (imperfections, poor choices, etc.).

   This was not my wedding, but I vow that I will do all in my power to love and cherish this little girl who captured my son's heart.  She is my family now.  I will pray for their marriage all the days of my life.  I also vow that I will do all in my power to protect her and their marriage.  Woe to the one, whether flesh and blood or powers and principalities,  who attempts to come between them.  Amen!

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