Living a Legacy
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of officiating a wedding ceremony. The best way I know to explain the whole experience is to say that this couple “got it right.” They dated for six years, and from the very start they entered the relationship assuming that dating was the pathway to their marriage. This spiritually mature young couple made sure they didn’t handle precious things casually. Every decision carried significant long term implications.
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of officiating a wedding ceremony. The best way I know to explain the whole experience is to say that this couple “got it right.” They dated for six years, and from the very start they entered the relationship assuming that dating was the pathway to their marriage. This spiritually mature young couple made sure they didn’t handle precious things casually. Every decision carried significant long term implications.
Through the course of their premarital counseling we took an inventory through their family tree and discovered they possessed something amazing. Looking back three generations, their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents had never been divorced. They were living a legacy of marital fidelity, and this certainly led to the serious way they had treated their own relationship.
Every day we have the opportunity to handle precious opportunities, treasured relationships, and eternal stewardships seriously or casually too. It is my prayer that everyone associated with this Ministry would look at each moment as a gift from God – one whose value should be weighed on eternal scales.
When we handle things wisely, we are able to multiply spiritual blessings. We are able to ignore the quick pay-off for the long term benefits. We hold fast to relationships, careful not to devalue people God has placed in our lives. We are better, and we treat things and people better.
At the rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding something incredible happened. I had the blessed opportunity to hear the grandparents pray for this young couple. Each of their prayers shared a similar theme: “Keep God first in everything.” Prayers that knew how much that young couple needed
God and the experience to know that He has all they need to make it through their life together.
As the night continued, we counted over 250 years of faithful marriage around those tables that served as examples to us all. Rather than hold onto that night just for me, I want to encourage you by echoing their prayer to you. Dear friend, the stakes are higher than we imagine. There are no small decisions when we consider legacy. Thanks for the way you continue to make life change possible for the people we serve, and: “Keep God first in everything.”
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Yes keeping God first seems to be the task at hand. How often we can forget.