Another Promise Made

The reality of the bride and groom, which is also their joy, is of course that they love each other... They love each other indeed, and in a grim world their love is a delight to behold, but love as a response of the heart to loveliness, love as primarily an emotion, is only part of what a Christian wedding celebrates, and beyond it are levels that sentimentality cannot see. Because the promises that are given are not just promises to love the other when the other is lovely and lovable, but to love the other for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, and that means to love the other even at half-past three in the morning when the baby is crying and to love each other with a terrible cold in the head and when the bills have to be paid. The love that is affirmed at a wedding is not just a condition of the heart but an act of the will, and the promise that love makes is to will the other's good even at the expense sometimes of its own good - and that is quite a promise.

Frederick Buechner

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Wishing Trevor and Heather Uhler much love and laughter as they continue on this journey of life, now together. Love you both dearly. Congrats on this great promise made to one another.