Yes, we have prepared, planned and enjoyed the wedding process over this last year and few months. Little did I know the emotions that would flood my heart as I watched our little girl walk the aisle on her father’s arm to her groom. Nothing can prepare you for that! “Nothing,” I say! It just seems like yesterday we were playing barbies after kindergarten, reading bedtime stories and laughing around the dinner table as a unit of four. The couple weeks leading up to the big day, I would lay in Sarah’s bed as I did with her and her sister, Lauren, when they were small. We reminisced about the days passed and the future ahead. It has been a precious time together with many tears, laughs and hugs.
I wanted to say so much more.
I wanted to love deeper.
I wanted to live more intently.
I wanted to give greater.
Twenty-three years just didn’t seem long enough, and that’s why I am so glad I have a lifetime with her, my daughter, my friend.
The expression, tie the knot, can be traced to an actual knot used in marriage ceremonies with the knot as a symbol of a lasting unity. Knots have a place in the folklore of many cultures, usually symbolizing unbreakable pledges.
There are many spiritual meanings behind the wedding day: preparation, the bridegroom coming for his bride, uniting two as one, love, commitment and covenant.
When two people unite together, they become one, a lasting unity.
Looking back over the early years of Sarah’s life, we walked through my illness. Many times through those years, I was not sure I would see her wedding day. I remember saying to my friend, “I just want to be able to raise my girls.” And now that this day is here and gone, I want to keep living to help raise our grandbabies.
As I sit and reflect about tying the knot and being united, I read, 1 Corinthians 6:17:
But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
In the same way, an earthly marriage reflects oneness, so does our heavenly marriage with our bridegroom. This embodies commitment, hard work, desire, continued wooing, selflessness, and steadfastness. It is a unit that can not be broken.
When we spend devoted time with one another, we are drawn closer and experience a deeper intimacy. This is exactly what Christ wants from us in our walk with Him. When we do this, He will reveal Himself to us.
He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” John 14:21
As you grow closer to Christ, you will move into a whole-hearted relationship with God, one fully devoted to Him, reflecting an unseen devotion and supreme romance of your life. You will have no need to run up and down the streets proclaiming it, but it will be noticed by those you meet. Tying the knot with your greatest love, Jesus Christ and pledging your life fully to Him, you’ll experience a bond that can not be broken or snatched away (John 10:29).
And He will lead you in the path of life; experiencing absolute joy in His presence with sheer delight.
Psalm 16:11
Journeying with Him,
Jessie