A woman that has been coming to our church for a long time (I posted her poem a while back, a beautiful story of how God redeemed a broken woman) met a man that she fell in love with. He had yet to commit his life to Christ and while they had a lot in common they had different religious views. Through various circumstances they came to live together and were trying to live life under the same roof. As she talked more with him about this God that she loved he became more interested. He started to come to church and gave his life to Christ.
He learned what baptism was and decided that he wanted to pursue it. He asked Jonerik if he would baptize him and Jonerik's response was, "not yet". There were still some things that needed to be dealt with in his life and as they talked this man was convicted. They realized that they we not putting God first in their lives and living in disobedience to him in their current situation.
They made arrangements to live in separate places while they worked through some premarital counseling. The church supported their desires to be obedient to God and it was inspiring to see fresh passion to honor God. On the Sunday before Valentine's Day, one of the pastors at Cornerstone preached about what true love was why marriage was so special to God. At the end of the service, this couple got married!! They had a reception for everyone afterwards and a small group from the church surprised them with a night at a hotel in center city!
God cherishes marriage as a sacred covenant - to bring glory to his name.
Here is the church service/wedding. Skip to 32:00 if you want to get to the wedding!
