Meditation on Trust
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What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams. The Message a parable of Jesus
A marriage is like a grain bin in which you may accumulate a reservoir of great value. The bin can be there to preserve grain to help you through a lean time. It can hold a seed crop for renewal of a new planting. It allows you to delay harvest delivery to a time when it is more convenient. In marriage we store not corn or wheat but trust. If our daily interactions of kindness and love grow to a harvest, a couple will have a reservoir of trust. They will learn to rely on that bin as they face stress or challenge. A couple will accumulate a great value that can sustain even through a devastating time. A wedding is like planting time, yes it took preparation and effort, but if all you do is plant and leave the crop alone, then the harvest will not be bountiful. The way we interact, the concern we show for each other, the inconvenient and annoying thing we do only because our spouse wants us to, all build trust. Each month and then each year will allow trust to build; a trust that will someday be of more value than any other thing we have.
You have often heard it preached that a church is not a building. In the same vein, a marriage is not a house. In Nancy and my experience the tough times, such as the loss of loved ones, have drawn us closer together.
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