Getting Married

Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.  The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man.  For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Genesis 2:22-24

Today I have a friend getting married.  The special thing about this marriage, of all marriages today, is that she is South African (as my wife Shelley is) and he is Canadian (as I am), living in their respective countries at this time.

Add to that, that he is coming from Canada for the marriage and has no friends or family with him as I also did (although I was fortunate enough to have my oldest son with me).

Our age group is approximately the same, faith is the same, the story of how they met is curiously similar to my wife's and mine, to name a few reasons that this marriage is unique to me.

 The most unique marriage of all, is the one of Adam and Eve.

Here God creates Adams wife from the very flesh of Adam, then He brings the woman to the man for the first time and they are husband and wife.

Can you imagine marrying a person the very first time that you meet them?

This is similar to this couple getting married this afternoon (I don't want to make their entire personal story public).  But suffice it to say that God is bringing them together and blessing their union today.

God is still at work in peoples personal lives.  Whether it is in the 'small' things of life or the 'large' things of God.  He cares about each one of us and desires to celebrate life with us.

I'm praying that my friend and new spouse will celebrate their marriage for the rest of their earthly lives together.