It's the most holy of unions that God has granted us here on earth. Listen to these vows God made that are recorded for us in  Hosea 2:19.  "I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in loving kindness and mercy;
 20.  I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord.
 21.  "It shall come to pass in that day that I will answer,'' says the Lord; "I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth.

Marriage is a sacred bond and promise of our ever lasting love to our partner, our soul-mate, and help mate.  Just as Jesus promised to be with us, we promise to be with our spouce.  We should look upon marriage as a true blessing from our Father, for as it says in Psalms 18:22.  The man who finds a wife finds a good thing; she is a blessing to him from the Lord and so is it  also for a woman who finds a husband.

Ask yourself,  What is love worth?
In the first book of Corinthians we’re told about true love and what it’s worth is all about.
Turn in your Bibles to 1 Corinthians chapter 13 
In  1 Corinthians 13 KJV it SAYS:
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

How many times have we read this but never really took the time to understand it’s words and meaning?  If I had the gift of being able to speak in other languages without learning them, and could speak in every language there is, but didn't love others, I would only be making noise.

How many of you today, are just making noise in your relationships?
Are You Just going with the flow never really learning to express yourselves with love.  You see saints; love is the key to happiness.  We have to have it, for we share a part of ourselves when we speak to someone that we love.

Love is that essential key in all communication.  If I were to yell at the top of my lungs all day, you’d probably throw me out on the street.  You might even do as my mother used to do when we were full of rage and anger.   She would  toss water in our faces just to cool us off - talk about a cold awakening but it worked...    But if you were to hear true love coming from my voice then you’d listen intently to every word that I was saying.

You see, where there is anger, there has to be God's love in order to have forgiveness..
Where there is sadness, love has to be there also. 
Love is all around us if would only look for it.  Amen

When we’re down on our luck we tend to talk to someone about our given situation.  If that person didn’t have love - "God's Love", 
then there would not be any form of communication. 
They wouldn't be able to understand our tinkeling brass of noise.

Anger, talking to Anger can never listen. 
We only make noise, trying to out do other's noise..  

They become a sounding brass, or tinkling cymbals, playing out of time, out of pitch and way off beat.   Lord knows what that sounds like, have any doubts? 

Just hand your kids some sticks and a tin can and let them beat on it till you find your nerves becoming unraveled.  This is what we sound like when we’re talking in anger.  We’re off pitch, and out of tune to those who listen to us.  Just as we turned a deaf ear to our kids and their banging, so too do we tune off and tune out to those who are yelling and screaming in anger.

When Jesus walked the earth, he walked and talked in love.  Even when he was in the temple and tossing the merchants out on their ear, he did it with love.  He had the love for his Fathers House. 

Where ever you look in the word, he was always helping someone, always communicating with love and offering himself unselfishly to those in need.  Even in spirit our Father is there to give us his love and understanding.

Saints I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t be happy with out God's love in my life today.  I don’t think I can ever remember a time that love wasn’t there someplace. 

O sure there were times I was angry, but generally speaking there was always that other person who gave me and showed me their love.  Through their efforts I leaned what love was truly all about, and how to show love to others.

Today we share love freely with one another but we never stop to see just how important love really is.  We take it all for granted.  Wives need the love from the husband, Husbands need the love from their wives, and children need the love from their parents. Where would we be if love was not in the picture.

Children, let us not forget that when ever we speak to someone we have to have the voice of love in order to be heard less we become noise from the sounding brass.  You may have all the faith in the world, but with out love we are nothing.  We could give everything we own to the needy, but with out love it wouldn’t matter.  We’d just be cleaning out the closets with no emotion, it’s just another chore that has to be done every year.

Love is  patient and kind.  It’s never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude.   Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong.

If you love someone you will be loyal to them no matter what the cost. You will always believe in them, always expect the best of them, and always stand your ground in defending them. Love goes on forever it has no boundaries.

There are three things that we all share in common --faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love.  I ask that you show your love to others as you go out today by sharing a smile or a friendly wave, let them know your cup is overflowing with love today, let it spill over on them.

Let us pray,
Holy Father help us to understand the love you have for us.  Your word says, that no man has ever seen a love greater than the love you have for us.  You gave your only son so that he may die on the cross.  You sacraficed your own so that we may live and know your true love today. 

Bless those who have come here today to hear this message and encourage them, guide them O' Lord and love them so that they may love and know your love in return.
In the name of Jesus we pray,
AMEN and AMEN

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