Wedding Thoughts

~ Barbara

As I read through Jesus’ parables I noted that two were about a wedding—His wedding. We’re all invited and it will be like none we’ve ever attended. It will be the wedding of all weddings. The beauty, the vows, and the feast will supersede anything we’ve experienced. Take a look and see if you can identify the “R” word I designated to each parable.

Jesus’ describes a lavish wedding banquet prepared by a king for his son. Amazingly, when the servants invited guests, they didn’t come—actually, it says they refused to come. It seems that most were too busy but others reacted to the invitation with violence, killing the messengers. This did not change the king’s plans—the banquet would be held, the celebration was planned and anticipated, all of time and history pointed to this singular event. So he sent his servants to the streets and they invited all the people they could find, “the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled” (Matt 22:10).

A second parable tells of ten young women waiting for the groom to arrive for his wedding banquet. He had been so long in coming the women fell asleep. When the wake-up call awoke them, five discovered their lamps had burned out and they were without oil. The other five, known as the wise virgins, were prepared with extra oil—they didn’t risk being left out. Jesus’ closing words in His story were, “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour” (Matt 25:13).

The two R’s I came away with were these: Be responsive. Be ready.

It is a wedding feast we will not want to miss.

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My passion is to encourage women wherever they are on their life journey. In everything I write and in every opportunity to speak, my goal is to offer hope. May the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NIV

2 thoughts on “Wedding Thoughts”

  1. Thank you for bringing these scripture passages alive, Barbara! I often think about my new identity as the bride of Christ— Wow! God’s perception of time is so different from our earthly, often frazzled one. When I was trusting God for a spouse this became one of my favorite scriptures: “Wait upon the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! Psalm 27:14. He’s not in a hurry, Amen! I want to be responsive and ready. Thank you, again!

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