Wedding Planning

These days, a couple starts preparing for their wedding over a year in advance. So much work goes into planning for one day. The ceremony and reception are arranged to the last detail. I wonder how many couples realize that all these preparations make very little difference in a marriage. What seems supremely significant in the months before the wedding becomes completely insignificant in the decades to come.

I wonder if this life is just a preparation before our eternal life with God. If so, all our struggles, our concerns, our frustrations, everything that seems significant now, will become trivial in the afterlife.

Jesus said, “Don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” (Matt. 6:31-34 NLT)

I’ve always interpreted these verses to mean ‘God will provide‘. Now I wonder if it means that all the things that we worry about are just insignificant details that won’t matter in the long run. Once we are home with God, I bet all our concerns from our earthly days will seem silly and superfluous.