Exceedingly Beautiful

Bracelet, check. Headband, check. Earrings, check. All that's left to find is a necklace and you'll be all blinged out, girlfriend! A sparkly princess bride for sure! I read on a wedding jewelry website that the jewelry can set the mood of the wedding. If that's the case, then we're going to have a sparkling good time! This same site says a wedding is a good place to wear heirloom jewelry or to purchase a piece that can be utilized as such for future generations. They recommend adding sparkling pieces to the bouquet, shoes, your dress, your veil and on and on. That's a lot of sparkle.

While the Bible is thin on jewelry descriptions, the only engagement piece we are aware of is the nose ring Isaac's servant gave to Rebekah (Genesis 24). However, God talks about bejeweling his bride, Jerusalem, in Ezekiel 16:11-12 which says, "I adorned you with ornaments: I put bracelets on your arms, a chain on your neck, a ring on your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head." (Again with the nose ring ... don't get any ideas.) He continues in verses 13-14 "You grew exceedingly beautiful, fit to be a queen. Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of my splendor that I had bestowed on you, says the Lord God."

That's pretty much how we anticipate a bride to look. Dripping in jewels, sparkling like a queen, beautiful in splendor. It is in this same Ezekiel passage that God talks of His unending covenant with the city, similar to the unending covenant in marriage. As God says to the city of Jerusalem, "I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine." (Ezek. 16:8)

There is no doubt that both Ayla and Kayla will be lovely brides. And here's the thing, I think no matter what they wear - in clothing or jewelry - both Rob and Anton are going to be blown away by what they see ... "exceedingly beautiful" brides.

Discussion: What is the significance of any jewelry you will wear? Why do you think brides want to look their most beautiful on their wedding day? What does the groom expect appearance wise on your wedding day? 

Prayer: Father, just as You made Your eternal covenant with your holy city Jerusalem, both couples will be likewise making an everlasting bond with their fiances. Father, we pray for Your blessings on them both and pray Your fame is spread throughout the nations. In Jesus, Amen.