“Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the church.” “Love never fails.”
It is almost impossible to
attend a wedding without hearing portions of Ephesians
5 or 1
Corinthians 13 read during the ceremony. And for good reason; these are
both beautiful passages that describe the boundlessness of love and wonderment
of marriage. Yet, I wonder how many sitting in the congregation, watching two
lovers commit their lives to each other, are aware of the irony of those
passages in that setting.