Bared To You
"Marriage is not to be entered into lightly, but reverently, deliberately, and in accordance with the purpose for which it was instituted."
Deliberately. I almost laughed at that word. Nothing about the last three years had felt deliberate to me — it had felt like being dragged, kicking and grieving, toward the one thing I wanted most and was too afraid to admit I wanted.
"Marriage represents the union of two lives, two families, two histories, brought together to build something new," the pastor continued. "It is a covenant not to be broken by whim or hardship, but honored through both the sweetness and the trials that life will bring."