THE THING ABOUT RINGS
Wedding Bands –
Perfectly matched, they reflect the
perfection of two becoming one.
Pure and undefiled, as is the marriage
bed, gold does not tarnish.
Perfect in form reflecting wholeness,
completeness of union,
Covenant love, like gold, lasts forever
unchanged in character,
Yet their beauty that never changes
reflects a love that continues to
Mature, deepen, ripen, soften, and grow
ever stronger as the
Roots that began with promises and vows
reach ever deeper into two
Souls anchoring them together in Union
with the Spirit of the
Living God and holding them fast through
all the storms of Life,
Secure in that Bond of Covenant Love
with the Father,
For did He not on that special day so
many years ago say,
“I Do” to those created in His own Image
and Likeness when
He spoke His words of Covenant Love,
“Never will I leave you; never will I
forsake you.”
He proposed that Eternal Love when the
Son Jesus became Flesh.
Born a Babe to Die, He grew to proclaim
His Love for you and for me
When He stretched out His arms, not to
receive a band of
Our token of love for Him, but to
receive the nails that would
Fix Him to the instrument of His torture
and Death.
Satan could not stop Him, however, from
walking down that Aisle
From the Empty Tomb to the Altar of His
declaration of Love.
He, too, sealed His vows to His beloved
Bride when He Rose from the Dead, Reclaimed the Keys to the Kingdom, Paralyzed
the Accuser of the Brethren,
Spoke His Life-Breathing Words of Love
into your heart and mine, and
Looked us in the eye and said, “I Do!”
Will you have Him as your own Eternal
Love, the Lover of your soul?
He waits only for the words to fall from
your lips, “I do, too!”
The moment you speak them and die to
self in order to Live
In Him, With Him, For Him, Forever,
His beautiful and powerful Holy Spirit
will encircle your heart as a
Wedding Band of Covenant Love more pure
than the purest gold.
If you have done so, share the Good News
with others, for they, too,
Must hear that Jesus truly is the Reason
for All Seasons!
