A Long Sentence
Another Day Along the Way
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Another day,
This one long sentence informs you of a weekend in Orlando as we watched our oldest son marry a beautiful lady on Monday while family and friends gathered to sit and stand in the lovely Florida atmosphere of water, sun, a frequent breeze, heat, music, laughter, gifts, tears, and conversations flavoring an environment of joyful pleasure for the couple who voiced their vows, promised their pledges, and kissed the kiss with eyes on them while they were again told of the importance of commitment and truth of marital promises -- truths too often broken, forgotten, ignored, deleted -- that acknowledge life and death, better and worse, gladness and sadness, but also confess a crucial statement of yes, of yes, of yes, for all to hear and for the Listening God to confirm, and I thought about it deeply as I stood on an outdoor stage serving as a pastor and a father, leading a service when the smiles revealed my happiness and the peace proved my confirmation about Taylor and Brittany agreeing to endure and remain true in this new life of marriage which is like a long, long, long sentence merging nouns and verbs and moods and scenes while refusing to end amid those times when a conclusion might appear a tempting method to resolve the confusion, the sentence of promises keeps going and moving and turning while remaining one, just one, only one, long sentence of life and love and hope during weekends and weaknesses, kisses and joyful pleasure as crowds watch the warm atmosphere of true, lasting love.
Along the way,
Chris Maxwell
Powerful Statement: If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.
(1 Corinthians 13:1, The Message)
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Another day,
This one long sentence informs you of a weekend in Orlando as we watched our oldest son marry a beautiful lady on Monday while family and friends gathered to sit and stand in the lovely Florida atmosphere of water, sun, a frequent breeze, heat, music, laughter, gifts, tears, and conversations flavoring an environment of joyful pleasure for the couple who voiced their vows, promised their pledges, and kissed the kiss with eyes on them while they were again told of the importance of commitment and truth of marital promises -- truths too often broken, forgotten, ignored, deleted -- that acknowledge life and death, better and worse, gladness and sadness, but also confess a crucial statement of yes, of yes, of yes, for all to hear and for the Listening God to confirm, and I thought about it deeply as I stood on an outdoor stage serving as a pastor and a father, leading a service when the smiles revealed my happiness and the peace proved my confirmation about Taylor and Brittany agreeing to endure and remain true in this new life of marriage which is like a long, long, long sentence merging nouns and verbs and moods and scenes while refusing to end amid those times when a conclusion might appear a tempting method to resolve the confusion, the sentence of promises keeps going and moving and turning while remaining one, just one, only one, long sentence of life and love and hope during weekends and weaknesses, kisses and joyful pleasure as crowds watch the warm atmosphere of true, lasting love.
Along the way,
Chris Maxwell
Powerful Statement: If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.
(1 Corinthians 13:1, The Message)
14 Comments:
Yes, a good wedding and yes, a very long sentence. How do you do that with words? You always trick me.
Good stuff. Thanks. But why did you have to move away?
beautiful wedding, beautiful night. a long sentence. and, i pray, a long life full love and laughter!
Granddaddy and Grandmother Oliver loved it and yes, that is a vey long sentence.
As one beginning that sentence in just over a week, I can't help but wonder if you weren't using a synonym for "sentence" :)
Doree and I enjoyed the wedding very much. We hope and pray Taylor and Brittney have a wonderful, lasting, adventurous LOVE; full of children, blessings, and the Love of God.
Greg Rice
Doree and I enjoyed the wedding very much. We hope and pray Taylor and Brittney have a wonderful, lasting, adventurous LIFE TOGETHER; full of children, blessings, and the Love of God.
Greg Rice
Sorry about the double post. I am internet dyslexic. The second post actually contains a correction.
I hope Taylor and Brittany will look at each other the way they looked at each other Monday night for the rest of their lives. Intersting observation by Kelli. You weren't implying that some people view their marriage as a "sentence" were you? And one without probation of course. Nah. You wouldn't do that.
And I second the ? by the other anonymous, "Why did you have to move away?"
Waiting for marriage is a long sentence. Weddings are short sentences. Marriage is a long sentence. But it can be great if we make it that way
I need to read more books on marriage. Instead of waiting to see if my spouse will read them with me. I just need to read them.
TAYLOR AND HIS WIFE LOOKED GREAT. SEND PICTURES.
I was indeed... and of course by synonym I meant homonym, apparently having a momentary vocabulatory lapse (which I have made up for by making up a word)
Too many people let real love be too misunderstood. God, keep us from being so selfish.
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