I'm sure that most young girls dream about that beautiful wedding day. You spend time fantasizing about a romantic storybook wedding as you and your husband ride off on a white horse and live happily ever after.
When the magic question is asked, "Will you marry me?" What is the first thing that enters your mind? How do you answer such a question that will change the rest of your life?
Unity is a good place to start. The definition of unity is to be in agreement with, harmony, to be on one accord. Does this sound like a description of your relationship with your fiancée?
If the answer is no, it sounds like you need to postpone the idea of marriage for a while.
It may be impossible to live in unity with a marriage partner who does not share the same belief or love for Jesus Christ that you have. He or she may be your best friend. He has beautiful eyes and her lips are shaped as perfect as a valentine but the ultimate foundation of any marriage that is in Christ is Jesus Himself.
However, all decision-making, child rearing, and life commitments for the Christian are all based on our life in Christ. Any person who does not share your love and faith for Christ can never fit into the most intimate part of your spiritual life. "Planning a marriage to an unbeliever will produce an imbalanced union that is to be avoided. The bible refers to this as being unequally yoked. (2 Corinthians 6:14 - 15) Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
To experience a happy union, the believer should connect with one whose ideals and visions center in Jesus Christ.
Jesus loves to attend weddings! John 2:1-2 records His first miracle took place at a wedding. He gladly attended and participated when He turned water into wine.
Wouldn't you like to have Jesus at your wedding and reception and be the talk of the town? Can you see the headlines? Jesus Attends Local Wedding.
Can you imagine the gift that He would bring? In John 2:10 it states that the wine was the best. It was not cheap wine. If Jesus had not been there I'm sure the wedding feast would have been a disaster.
Jesus is more than happy to attend your wedding if you would just invite Him. Marriage is the beginning point for blessing in the human social order, and without it, families, churches, and society itself could not exist. The Lord instructs believers to seek a believing partner to ensure holiness in the marriage.
God has a passion for the covenant relationship of marriage. It is about more than," I do" and a trip to the Bahamas. Marriage is a covenant relationship.
Let's define the word covenant. It means, agreement, contract or promise.
God stands as a witness to the marriage, He seals it with a covenant that will remain with the marriage. Picture the covenant as an armed guard protecting the marriage from outside forces of evil.
Before you make any plans to get married, personally invite Jesus to your wedding. Discuss the young man in your life with Him. Seek His approval first.
Inviting Jesus to your wedding will be your first move toward a very prosperous and happy marriage.
I entered my engagement period at the age of 18 years old with the approval of my parents. On my Wedding Day I had only been 19 years old for 2 months.
Neither my husband nor myself knew Jesus, so He was not invited to our wedding.
I spent 8 years of my marriage without a relationship with Christ. Can you imagine the chaos that existed in our union for 8 years? No spiritual guidance or directions?
Thanks be to God when I accepted Christ things began to change and come to order.
When you make these kind of decisions without Christ your road to your destiny gets a bit crooked and distorted. You experience things that could have been avoided if you had just trusted God.
I dedicate this article to my daughters and all of the young people who have made the decision to leave Jesus out of your wedding. I present the question to you, if you have decided to get married, "Is Jesus Invited To Your Wedding?"

About the Author

Founder of Writers Incubator, an organization
where her main focus is youth and young adults learning how to
develop their God given gifts, in the areas of writing and
art. She is a published author of: The Corridor Of My Heart, What
Does God Have To Say About Sex?, Sonshine For A Cloudy Day. She
is also a recipient of The Editors Choice Award, for her poem
The Little League Game. Teen Columnist for Evangelist Newspaper.
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Jeannette Tyson Gregory