Jomba and Ruth Wedding Blessing

Jomba and Ruth
“In Black and White”

What is black and white, and red all over?
Ruth and Jomba covered in the blood of Christ on their marriage day!

The visual representation of Ruth and Jomba is a prophetic picture of a number of blessings that I felt God wanted to bring thru to your marriage:
1. When we say that something is “in black and white”, we mean it is as clear as day – the truth. So the first thing for me that your marriage represents is that it is built on Truth – the Word of God
2. In South Africa, we speak of cross-cultural relationships as “Top-deck”, which is a favourite chocolate from Cadbury’s combining white and black chocolate. For me, this speaks of God sweetening your relationship as time goes on: Song of Songs 2:3 "Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.”
3. When i considered your marriage i thought of a game of chess, with the checker board, and for me that spoke of the two of you being skilful and strategic as you advance in the “game” of life, moving towards the win. Remember that in the “end game”, Pawns can become Queens, and there will be an end-day in your lives when Christ coronates you as His Queen!
4. I considered your relationship as Paul McCartney wrote, “Ebony and Ivory, side by side on the piano Key board...” Your relationship is going to be musical; there is going to be a wonderful harmony from God as he orchestrates a never-ending song thru your lives. You will sing, but you will make others sing also.
5. Then there is our local team, the Sharks – “We are Black, and we are White!” Or, if you would like to play it differently, we are Pirates supporters! But both teams spoke to me about God making you into a dream team. Teamwork would be key for your marriage to work! Ecclesiastes 4:9 “Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.”
6. In Matt 5:36, Jesus says that our words have got to be black and white. For me, this spoke about keeping promises, being sincere in what you say, without speaking out both sides of your mouth – always be truthful: Matthew 5:36-37 “And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.”
7. The above scripture also spoke to me about “duration”, i.e. age will make both your heads white, and God will be faithful to give you long life together, and you will be filled with memories
8. And then there is the scientific principle that “opposites attract”, and you can’t really get further poles than black and white, and so God is going to give you such a solid, magnetic attraction for one another. You will have to learn to honour one another in your differences, because variety is the spice of life, and you always want to keep that spice in your marriage. You have the opposite end of the spectrum of colour, and you encapsulate the rainbow, so I felt that God was going to bring vibrant colour into your marriage, maybe even some little coconuts!

JUDGE MENTAL

JUDGE-MENTAL

Is it true that when we judge,
A reputation could be smudged?
What if God, kind and fair,
Never wanted His kids to go there.

Imagine if His gentle nudge,
Was all we needed to budge our grudge,
A jaded heart is the price we pay,
When we say others don’t make the grade

Prejudice justified,
Is the deflective skill of trying to hide,
The truth of who we are inside,
While we gloss over our destructive pride

Fault-finding is very blinding,
It’s our own beam we should be minding.
The narcissism of criticism will boomerang –
And split the atom of harmony with a “boom” and a “bang”!

Mistakes and errors and sins and more -
Was that your chance to close the door?
To write people off with a slam in the face,
And disempower Divine grace.

Kindness and mercy, forgiveness and care
These will triumph in Love’s courageous dare
No one ever gave us a Judgement Seat;
So, give someone the chance to find their feet.