Oh My

The reality is really sinking in that in a mere 15 days I will be a husband.  Not only will I be a husband, but I will have a wife.  This is a crazy thought that after 27 years of being single, God has brought along the perfect woman for me.  I can’t wait to start this journey with Amy!

We met with Dave Obwald this week to talk about the details of the ceremony and got to talk about the verse we wanted.  We chose a passage from Philippians 2.

¹If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, ²then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.³Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. ⁴Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

⁵Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
⁶Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
⁷but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
⁸And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
⁹Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

We both want our wedding to be one that shows the beauty of God’s glory, mercy and grace.  I think this passage in Philippians does this wonderfully and also sets a great foundation for a marriage to build on; even though it is not the traditional 1 Corinthians 13 wedding passage

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