The weeks leading up to our wedding were peaceful…for me.  

I jokingly say that my husband was the “bridezilla” because he planned most of the wedding.  He likes the details.

So, my role was to agree or disagree, and honestly, I preferred it that way.

One day,  I was asked to make a decision. It should have been simple.

I was visiting the florist with my future sister-in-law to decide on my bouquet and the table arrangements.  The florst showed me so many different possibilities in her book that I was getting dizzy.

Yes, that arrangement looks gorgeous…lets go with that.  No, this one looks more classy…oh, but look- that one goes with our color scheme.  Ya’ll, I could not wait to get out of there. 

It’s funny how much time and effort goes into planning one special day, and then it’s all just a memory, captured by a photographer you spent hours researching.

The venue, the flowers, the videographer, the linen…But, what about the vows…the covenant?

One of my favorite memories of our pre-wedding period was sitting in the car with my husband-to-be and praying over the other details…our future, our families, our guests, that our marriage would be an example to others.  We even prayed against anything that would come between us.

That day in the car, we could never have imagined what our marriage would look like in ten years.  But, we knew the gravity of our vows and we didn’t take it lightly.

Second Chronicles describes the downfall of King Ahaz.  His error? Forgetting the covenant that was made with God and forsaking God.  His poor leadership led the Israelites to be taken captive to Assyria.

The Lord had commanded the Israelites to fear him and made a special covenant with them that He would be their God. Instead, they broke it by bowing down and sacrificing offering to other gods. They carved images, practiced witchcraft,  and even had their sons and daughters walk through fire!

They didn’t grasp the seriousness of the covenant and had to pay the consequences.

We make decisions every day that involve family, a career, or finances, and there are repercussions to what we decide.

Don’t “major on the minors” as one pastor says.  In other words, don’t get caught up in the details.  Focus on what is most important, and make sure that God is glorified in whatever decision you make.

~Betsy