PastorRoxton's Blog

Weddings & Renewals June 8, 2010

This past Saturday, I had an unusual privilege.  At 11 AM, I was honored to perform the wedding of a young couple in my church.  They are embarking on the journey of a lifetime.  We shared at the wedding that marriage is not easy.   It takes much work.  However, marriage is worthy every bit of time and energy that is invested in it. 

At 3:30, I enjoyed a renewal of vows ceremony for three couples who were Shippensburg Alumni.  Together, the three couples represented 125 years of marriage (50, 40, and 35).  In today’s culture of short term marriages, it is refreshing to see husbands and wives who are willing to stick with it, through many difficult moments.  We need more role models like this.

In just a few months, my bride and I will celebrate 25 years of marriage.  IT’S BEEN AWESOME!!!  I would do it all over again with the same beautiful lady.  Did we anticipate all the events that the past 25 years have brought into our lives?  Not at all.  We didn’t know how many children God would bless us with, how we would deal with one of our children who contracted Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, what we would do when God called me into ministry, meaning we would leave a comfortable existence in Tulsa, and over the next 12 years living in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, and now Pennsylvania, and the other crazy and unexpected events of life. 

But it has been worth everything.  So, to my young married friends, I challenge you to work hard and keep your vows till death parts you.  To the three couples who have stuck with it for years, I say, “Keep up the good work!”