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!