For us women, our own wedding brings to fruition years and years of imagination and dreaming. As we all know, this starts from our earliest years.
It is often joked about, but unfortunately it is true that usually the groom takes a back seat and is consulted on just minor matters. After which he basically just has to turn up on the day. This can lead to a problem. Often a groom can get the impression that all that is important is the wedding and that he comes second in all the busyness of wedding plans.
Ladies, it is imperative that we nurture our relationship and ensure that our fiance is not feeling left out or unloved. Women are prone to doing this as we get engrossed in the newest chapter of our life and we often see this when a new baby comes into the home.
We must plan for a wedding but we also must keep it in perspective and realise that after a wedding, a marriage follows. A wedding lasts for a day, a marriage lasts a life time.
The tending of our relationship in regards not putting our fiance last, should start before the wedding day and should continue after the wedding with a marriage until death do you part.
A wedding is just the beginning of a life together. So we would do well to remember that our marriage will take effort for it to endure and to be a happy union.
Being a beautiful bride is the easy part: most women look radiant on their wedding day. But that's only the start of a marriage.
Let's remember to concentrate on being a beautiful wife and mother- a job that is both as challenging as it is satisfying - but a job that is far more important in eternal values than having a long veil and white dress.
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
"Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband." Ephesians 5:33
Amen, well said.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Denise!
DeleteOh, yes -- there is an 'ever after' and we work at making happy. When God is in the center and we please Him, we're drawn closer as we live the marriage. Isn't that wonderful?
ReplyDeleteIt sure is, Phyllis! Blessings!
DeleteWonderful words of wisdom as usual, I hope to see you on the link-up tomorrow :)
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! A bride cannot be a bride without her beloved groom. The attention and money lavished on the wedding day can sometimes make me crazy. I always advise young couples to pay attention to one another and their faith and relationship, that it is a forever thing whereas the wedding day, is just that: one simple day.
ReplyDeleteI think if couples focused on their relationship more, there would be less divorce. The expectations for the wedding day far out number the expectations and aspirations of the coming years. Thanks for sharing tea with me today! Blessings!
DeleteWhat a great point, Glenys! We often do put more effort into our weddings than our marriages. We need to keep up the focus and effort throughout all the thresholds of our lives. Thanks for this very wise word!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing a cuppa with me today, Beth!
DeleteGlyns your blog posts, never cease to bless me. Thank you so much for linking up with Lessons From Ivy last Tuesday I hope you'll join again this week : )
ReplyDeleteThank you, I will be joining you again! also, I think there was an email re KJV blog postings... I checked the relevant blog but couldn't see anything new there... could you please email me that post if there indeed was one? thanks and blessings, Glenys
DeleteThis is a beautiful truth to remember! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amber!
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