what would life be without you?

[tristella]

G & S got married this weekend, after 8 years of courtship, almost 3/4 of that long distance. This is the second wedding involving one of my Oxford friends - the first took place 2 years ago, and they now have a beautiful (albeit slightly grouchy on Sat mornings) baby boy. It was a beautiful wedding, not merely because the bride and groom were

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[damncrispy]

hmm... some one seems envious and eager to get married hor... *chuckles....

[tristella]

There is a time to embrace and a time to refrain, my dear, haven't you been reading? *grin* Nah, am just really happy for my friends... getting married is really too much of a hassle to undertake unless the man and relationship is worth it. Seriously. You should have seen how overworked my friends were man.

[struiling]

St Ebbes was doing Ecclesiastes the last few weeks that I was there, but I hadn't thought of that section specifically in relation to marriage before.

[tristella]

Yeah, it's quite an uncommon section to choose for a wedding - but it's quite clear why they chose it in light of their very long courtship. :)

Ooh, maybe I'll go see if there are sermon mp3s or transcripts available. Ecclesiastes is quite interesting in that it's written by Solomon too, and he's such a messed up character. Divinely blessed with wisdom, rich beyond imaginings, yet he lets his wives step over him and is too weak to stop them from building idols. And it is he who says that all is meaningless, and can sound quite bitter at times when imparting wisdom on life. Quite an intriguing book.

[adrianli1]

bible commentators think that Solomon wrote Song of Solomon first as a wide eyed young man, Proverbs as an experienced wise middle aged man, and Ecclesiastes as a wise old man looking back at his whole life and warning young people from his experience