“What is meant to be will
always find a way” (Trisha Yearwood). Aron and Charise, that seems to be the
theme of your wedding. Your mothers, Gina and Vivien, have been the best of friends. Yet, you
show them that the two of you can be more than friends. You have known each
other since your childhood days. You were even batch mates I supposed. Then
circumstances have brought the two of you to fall in love with each other. Aron,
could you still remember that day you took the chance to get the cell phone
number of Charise from your mother? Charise, could you still remember the days
when Aron tried to make you happy during the times you felt blue? In your
relationship, Aron and Charise, you have experienced life’s ups and downs. You
have eventually allowed the circumstances to separate you from each other for
almost two years. But then again, circumstances have brought the two of you to carry
on with your love for each other. Aron and Charise, does this wedding mean
that you are really meant to be for each other?
If “meant to be” means you just
allow circumstances to dictate your relationship, this is dangerous because your
relationship is like a ship that sails without a captain. A ship without a
captain may go to any direction but it does not know which port it is sailing. The
winds and the waves may bring it to the seashore but never to its destination. Aron,
you are familiar with what I have been saying being a third mate or a deck officer of a ship. This cannot be the meaning of “meant to be” for
the two of you.
Aron and Charise, you know
that your relationship is not just a product of your circumstances. Neither the winds nor the waves bring you together today in this church. Rather
it is your love. You have made a choice in favor of love. You have made a
commitment in favor of your love. Your relationship is like a ship with a
captain which can reach its destination even if it means it shall sail against
the direction of the winds and the waves. This is what it means to say “meant
to be”. Both of you decide to spend your lifetime with each other with love. Without
your decision to be together, there shall be no “meant to be for each other”.
Aron and Charise, as I end my
homily, I remind you to always pray together. And if ever Aron and Charise you
will be in a long-distance marriage due to the nature of your work, you can still
pray for each other if you cannot pray together. Prayer is the key to a marriage
labelled as “meant to be”. Though the future of you married life is remained to
be seen, your prayer can assure you of God’s blessing and protection on your
marriage. This wedding is really “meant to be”, if both of you will remain one
and united in love until death.
Aron and Charise, does this
wedding mean that you are really meant to be for each other? Let me answer this
for you in the language of the Bible. What, then, shall we say in response to
these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)
God bless you and may your love
forever grow. Amen.
