Last Sunday, a sesentional Nigerian Award winning Gospel Singer, Mercy Chinwo got hooked maritally to her heart desire, Pastor Blessed of Water Brook Ministry, Lagos and their wedding has trended on all Nigerian social media spaces.
What trended the wedding ceremony wasn’t the fact that the bride, Mercy Chinwo is a celebrity but the fact that everything about the wedding has Christian decency stamped on it – the official social media announcement, pre-wedding pics, court ,church and reception activities, bridal train, choice of music. No breast and cleavages show as it is common in many supposed Christians, wedding ceremonies. Not even a single item was yielded to worldliness.
While I am also joining the Church to congratulate the couples for the blessed and merciful start. I began to have this thought in me; should we be celebrating her for covering her body as it’s expected? Is she not a Christian again? Didn’t Bible said our clothes should cover our nakedness and beautify us?
I think she deserves commendation because we have seen many instances where the bride/groom/their bridal train/parents completely throw cautious to the wind simply because they are getting wedded.
I have seen examples of brides who hardly used make-up pre-wedding, who was totally transmogrify into another thing on her wedding date and supposed Christian/Church weddings that are no better stripper club.
While we are commending them for doing what God expected of them especially in this utterly corrupt world where the line has been totally blurred because what is holy and what is unholy and what is Christian norms,practices and what is not, we should know that dressing decently is a normal Christian norms as praying, studying the Bible and fasting is.
If somebody mistakenly transferred some amount of money into your account and you returned all the money, Jesus said well-done for doing what is expected of you.
If you are punctual and diligent in your workplace, Jesus said good boy for representing the kingdom values expected of an ambassador.
If you respect your husband, your heavenly father is saying thank you for doing the norm and if you love you wife, the same God is saying the same thing.
You doubt me? Here is Jesus’ word: Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’? Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?
And this should be your answer : ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’ ” (Luke 17:7-10, Berean Study Bible)
Lastly, faithfulness, honest, love, respect, orderliness, decency and many other godly virtues are normal Christian life.
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