Let's take a trip into our imaginations today. Will you join me?
There is a couple, the Bibs. The Bibs have been married for years now. Every year on their anniversary, they go to the same restaurant. They order the same style dishes every year. Mr. Bibs orders a steak meal while Mrs. Bibs orders seafood. They share an appetizer and always finish with sharing a dessert. And every year they order the same bottle of wine that they drank on their wedding night. They're so cute it makes you sick. Unfortunately, Mr. and Mrs. Bibs do not last. After ten years together, they get a divorce. Eventually, you meet a Bib that sweeps you off your feet. You can't believe it. The love of your life. They adore you deeply and spend time with you making you feel special. They are always telling you how much they love you. They write poems and songs for you. They schedule a weekly date with you. Life is good. Eventually, you two wed. A year later, you celebrate your anniversary. They take you to the restaurant they always went to with their first spouse. You share an appetizer. There is a steak dinner. There is a seafood dinner. There is dessert. And you share a bottle of wine. The same wine from their first marriage. After a couple of years you question why they celebrate your anniversary that way and they give you the best of reasons. Besides that they are comfortable with what they know, they find just the right words to make everything sound right. There is a seafood dinner because even though there are other fish in the sea, you're the one for them. There is steak because your love is tender and just right. There is an appetizer and dessert because the additions to the dinner are like the additions to your relationship that make things full and sweet. And the wine is to remember the past that makes the future. You buy it the first year. But finally you have to just say the truth - Your spouse is still in their old relationship on your anniversary, and it sucks! No amount of web-spinning makes it right. They want the old relationship with you. I don't know what emotions you might feel. Maybe you're angry, hurt, dejected. How do you think God feels when we dye "Easter" (Ishtar) eggs (symbol of fertility for the goddess Ishtar, look it up) and decorate with bunnies and eggs when this season is suppose to be for celebrating the goodness of his love. We are supposed to remember how God rescued Israel from Egypt. We are supposed to remember that he sacrificed Jesus for our sins. We are supposed to remember that Jesus defeated death and Satan. And instead we tell our children to find the empty easter egg because it represents the tomb. (Spin that web.) We say the rabbits show God's fruitfulness. I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure God is over it.
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