Cressa and Nelson’s Wedding

Cressa and Nelson, since March 12, 2016 up to this day the two of you complete your eight years of togetherness. From a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, now you are going to raise the level of your relationship into that of a husband and wife.

In the Bible, the number eight often represents a new beginning, a new life, or resurrection. In Leviticus 12:3, an eight-year-old boy should be circumcised as circumcision is understood as a sign of covenant, agreement or special contract between man and God. But a new covenant, agreement or special contract was ratified by God’s only Son, Jesus Christ through His passion, death and resurrection. The resurrection of Jesus took place on a Sunday. And Sunday is referred to as the eight day.  It marks a new life, a new beginning and even a new covenant.

Cressa and Nelson, number eight is a significant number in the Bible and also it is significant for the both of you. You have been in your relationship for 8 years and 8 months before this wedding takes place. It all started when you Cressa was teaching at Tondog Elementary School and it happened that you were the teacher of Nelson’s younger sister. He got your cellphone number and you two began exchanging friendly conversations through simple text messaging. Then you Nelson expressed your good intention to Cressa to court her. It took a year for you to win her heart. He then formally and courageously visited your home on December 25, 2021. Well, the rest is history.

Now, you are forging a new covenant, a new agreement or a new contract. You are going to put the wedding rings on each other’s fingers. Your wedding rings symbolize that your love for each other is eternal, that in your love for each other, there will be no end. Putting your wedding rings together and you can come up with a figure of 8. This figure can remind you of love that is so mysterious, which has no beginning and has no end. Such love is only possible in God. Only God can love without beginning and without end being the Alpha and the Omega (Revelation 1:8) That is why you are here today in this church to receive the grace of God so that you can both love with the love that God gives you.  In loving each other with the love of God, what matters most to you is to live a quality conjugal life.

John 15:9-12 tells us this, “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.

Nelson and Cressa, as you are about to seal a new covenant of love, you will also begin to live your new life -your married life. This means that you should think as a married couple, act as a married couple, pray together and put God first. Nelson and Cressa, if you believe that “the greatest gift in a relationship is finding someone who chooses you every single day”, please don’t forget to always thank the Giver who is God. As you appreciate the gift, be grateful to the Giver. If you fail to acknowledge God in your relationship, you will one day fail to choose to love each other.

Remember, both of you are God’s gift to each other, and both of you now offer each other before God, presenting yourselves as husband and wife with the promise that nothing can ever separate you until death.  Thus, Nelson, protect your wife, Cressa. Protect her even from yourself when you don’t feel good at times. Cressa, nurture your husband, Nelson. Be loving even if you are tired from your daily work in school. Do your best and God will do the rest.