communion, weddings…
so. we decided to have communion at our wedding. it was the first thing we did after we had said our vows. we felt this was significant, because, before God, we had just become one before Him in the marital sense, although we hadn’t yet had sex - before Him we believed we were one. and we wanted to consecrate our relationship by coming before God and thanking Him for what Jesus did, to remember what Jesus did. communion doesn’t just have a vertical dimension (ie us and God), but also, a horizontal dimension. we are one body, and when we take communion, we are again, together, (not just an individual act, but all who you are with) participating in the body of Jesus (1 Cor 10). and so, we wanted to show our participation in the body, together. communion, is an act of community. and together, on our wedding day, we wanted to begin married life joining in again with Him who had joined us together. i think, that communion is more significant than many of us necessarily recognise. i haven’t been brought up in an anglican or catholic environment, and, although i don’t necessarily agree with all their feelings about communion, i do feel we treat it lightly and without the appropriate significance.
i am aware that i’m not always a very good explainer (well, in a written sense - i think i am quite a good explainer verbally - i would hope so being a teacher in any case) so i am sorry if this is garbled.
this was more for rhi than all you other tumblrs out there, wondering what on earth i am going on about randomly.
no, i understood this completely :)
and fully respect it, because it was such a considered and meaningful choice. when you say communion can be treated lightly? i agree totally, but i think it can be taken lightly in many ways.
it can take on this whole, “oh well, we do that coz that’s what we’re told to do it.”
or even, in the case i’m thinking of, “oh we’ll do that coz it’ll look so good and everyone will know we just love jesus with.all.our.heart.”
neither of those responses to communion are considered or meaningful, in my opinion, and i just wish everybody understood the choices they make as well as you, hannah.
(via barefootinthewoods)
