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If you aren’t aware, I’m in a string quartet. I play the cello. I do a lot of weddings. I would imagine I’ve done a couple hundred at this point in my career.
I can safely say, in my personal study, the #1 all time top pop favorite scripture at any Christian ceremony is: I Corinthians 13:1-13
If I’ve done 200 weddings, I would say 180 of them have included this scripture. Needless to say, I’ve heard it a lot. I have it memorized. I enjoy hearing different versions of the same idea. I know it as well as any minister or priest. Not bad for an atheist, huh?
This is what I can conclude after hearing this so often:
This scripture is the Alpha and the Omega… the way, the light, and the life of all Christianity. If someone had never heard of Christianity before, I think these 13 versus would be the defining essense of all that is good about Christianity.
The greatest thing about wedding ceremonies is their connection to humanity that stretches back thousands of years. That’s the great thing about religious ceremony in general. The rituals are iconic. They tie us all over all time together.
I think of all the couples that have heard this chapter for hundreds and hundreds of years. I think of what all these people are trying to be told: “Have love. Work on love. Love is your salvation. Love is your passage to Heaven. Love is what you have to accept to be allowed into the kingdom of Heaven. Love will set you free.”
Most don’t get it, I’m sure. They haven’t had the luxury of hearing it hundreds of times in the context of a wedding ceremony week after week. I really wish they could. I wish they could have the perspective of their wedding ceremony through my eyes. I know what they are being told. Because they are hearing it once, in their ceremony, amidst the nerves and excitement, it doesn’t seem any more special than anything else that day. It’s all important and exciting to them. From my point of view, it’s the one think that stays the same week after week, ceremony after ceremony, and denomination after denomination. It’s the message your minister or priest wants you to hear more than any other message. Have love. It’s the secret to your success in life.
Here’s a link to it:
Love: I Corinthians 13:1-13: I Corinthians 13:1-13
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Sage Lewis: Love: I Corinthians 13:1-13: Part 1
Sage Lewis: Love: I Corinthians 13:1-13: Part 2
Sage Lewis: Love: I Corinthians 13:1-13 Part 3
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