Do you look forward to the best wedding day ever?
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Revelation 21:2
Lord Jesus,
As we anticipate the full intimacy
we will know with you and the Father and the Spirit
in the day of the new heavens and the new earth,
we pray for marriages.
You created marriage to provide
a tiny glimpse
into the intimacy you have designed us for.
In this fallen world, marriage,
even between two redeemed sinners,
cannot fully image that oneness you intended.
And yet, one day, you promise
that every single person will “dwell with you forever,”
and “see you face to face” (Revelation 21: 4; 22:4).
In that day, there will be no need for marriage,
because the intimacy you designed us for will be perfect.
Until that day comes,
bless those who are married
with a love that relates without shame or contempt.
Until that day comes,
bless those who are single and long to be married
with community that gives them
a foretaste of the intimacy
they will one day know eternally.
In your perfectly loving name we pray. Amen.
Read Revelation 21:1-5.
