In an article posted earlier today, I wrote about King Edward VIII’s decision to abdicate his throne in order to marry an American divorcee named Wallis Simpson. Simpson was buried on this day in 1986 next to her husband, who had died fourteen years earlier.
In a twist of historical irony, on this same day in 2011,
Prince William and Kate Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey. Nearly two
thousand guests were in attendance. A half million supporters greeted the newly
appointed Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they shared a kiss on the balcony of
Buckingham Palace.
The couple released a photo of their wedding today to mark their ninth wedding anniversary. The official Kensington Palace Twitter account wrote: “Nine years ago today—thank you for all your lovely messages on The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding anniversary!” The couple are celebrating the day “privately” due to the coronavirus lockdown.
The promise of eternal life and hope in Christ
Paul described marriage as “an illustration of the way
Christ and the church are one” (Ephesians 5:32 NLT). As he noted, “a
man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two
shall become one flesh” (v. 31 ESV).
When a man and a woman marry, they commit themselves to each
other in a permanent covenant. They pledge mutual faithfulness that excludes
all others.
If you have trusted in Christ as your Savior and Lord, this
is the commitment he has made to you. He said of his followers, “I give
them eternal life, and they will never perish and no one will be able to snatch
them out of my hand” (John 10:28). God’s word is clear: “If anyone is
in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has
come” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
When you were “born…
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