Renewal

15 May 2000 - Renewal
Today at church the mother's were honored and the preacher commented on mothers. But he started a new series of sermons focused on the home. He offered, to any couple that wanted to do it, a renewing of marriage vows. Anyone who wanted to do it was to go forward. Several couples did. I would estimate 45 couples. He told us to face each other and hold hands. Then the preacher asked if there were any children there from the union to come forward. Hannah, Jordy, and Jamison came up. The took our hands. So we were standing in a little circle of five. The preacher spoke for a few minutes about marriage. The boys were funny. They kept looking at us and I could see in their faces that they had no idea why we were up at the front of the church.But I could tell that Hannah understood it and was impressed. Then the preacher had us say vows to each other. The men went first. I looked into Calvin's face. He tends to be cynical, and not care too much for this sort of things. But I could tell that this was meaningful to him too. (Sidenote,,,,Mom told us that when the preacher asked the men to vow that they will love their wives even more in the future than they had in the past. Daddy leaned over to Mom and said, "I don't see how that is possible." Very sweet, don't you think?") Then whe we women were saying vows I got choked up. I'm not that sort and I am not even sure why, but I had tears in my eyes and my voice was shaky. Then the preacher even told the men to kiss their "brides". The kids giggled. It was very nice. Hannah said when it was over that now she had been to her parent's wedding. I told her not to be spreading that around. LOL. Have a great week. Jami