Did you see in the news, the Queen and Prince Philip just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. At a service at the Westminster Abbey to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary, the sermon said in part:

Every marriage is an act of faith. When you think about it, the promise to be in the company of the same person for a lifetime is an extraordinary thing to undertake; it is a statement of trust in one another and in the future which can never be free of risk. Another person, however well I think I know him or her, however confident I am about the mutual attraction between us, is still going to be deeply mysterious, beyond my control. Giving away my life to them is quite a step.

Profound, I’d say. Marriage is like signing a blank check. We don’t know what all lies ahead. That’s why we promise “in sickness & health, for richer for poorer.” This is not meant to be negative. There are all the positive things that will happen that we didn’t anticipate.

But in any relationship there is an element of risk. We don’t’ control all things, and we don’t control people. Giving our life to another is quite a step.

So what do we do? If there is risk in relationship, maybe we should just avoid them! I have this conversation a lot with people who’ve been through a broken relationship. They are hesitant to enter another, fearing going through the pain again. My response is usually to ask them to consider the alternative: spending life alone and isolated from others.

There is risk in relationship. But the potential joy & happiness is so great that we take that risk. Parents have children knowing that they could lose them in a tragic accident someday. And couples get married, knowing that some marriages don’t make it.

They do so because they believe that there is no more intimate, joy-filled relationship than the commitment of a marriage relationship.

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