Wedding rings

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Yeah...of all the "proposal" scenes I have seen the woman's face really changes when she sees the ring, no matter what size it is. It's not just his words but that little symbol of his promise to marry her. I don't think that is merely cultural. I think it's built into women and so is the desire to "pretty" herself up

Yeah, I agree. With us, I guess the preacher proposed for us when he said we should get married. I don't even remember a proposal. Now, someone could say my husband should have done it up regardless, and maybe he should have, but it wasn't really in our plans to get married at that time, we just figured we should do what the preacher said and I don't find fault with him in that and never have. I wish we would have had all of that. No rings. No proposal. No honeymoon. No bridesmaids. No flower girl. No family.

My husband and I will be married for 25 years this July. We had big plans for a 25th wedding anniversary trip. Then, my husband had to have unexpected kidney stone surgery and our renters didn't pay their rent and caused a lot of damage to our house and ran out on their lease. We have investment money.....but if we spend that, we don't have it to invest. So, it really bothers me that unless we sell this house, we are not having that trip. It really bothers my husband too, maybe even more than it bothers me.

Just venting here. Please help us pray that we sell that place so we can have some good things.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Right. It doesn't say jewelry either. It says gold, pearls and costly array (clothing)

So do these clothesline preachers preach you need to buy your clothing at walmart?

Even then "not with gold" is NOT a commandment to not wear gold! It is no different then saying to a man "encourage your children 'not with gifts' but with your words". You would not be telling this man to never giver their child a gift. Certain people absolutely refuse to see that.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Even then "not with gold" is NOT a commandment to not wear gold! It is no different then saying to a man "encourage your children 'not with gifts' but with your words". You would not be telling this man to never giver their child a gift. Certain people absolutely refuse to see that.

Right. I recall Robert Sabin teaching this was an idiomatic expression.

It means essentially

1Ti 2:9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not only with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness--with good works.

This is apparent more from Peter
1Pe 3:1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives--
1Pe 3:2 when they see your respectful and pure conduct.
1Pe 3:3 Do not let your adorning be external--the braiding of hair, the wearing of gold, or the putting on of clothing--
1Pe 3:4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
1Pe 3:5 For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their husbands,
1Pe 3:6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.

Now if we took Peter literally then women should walk around naked. That is not what Peter is saying at all. It's what she should concentrate on more, not that she should not look nice but that what is most important is the conduct, the heart. There is no evidence any "holy woman" in the OT never wore jewelry or braided hair or wore clothing except maybe Eve before the fall

[scotty]

I wear my wedding ring/band and my Tazmanian Devil tie. The sunday school kids love it.

[Truthseeker]

Originally Posted by Sam

Some people have a three ring marriage:
1. engagement ring
2. wedding ring
3. suffer ring

Love is a dream, marriage is the alarm clock!

[Truthseeker]

Originally Posted by onefaith2

Ties in society are respectful.. in this culture they do have a function...over in African tribes they would not

Doesn't have to be a bright colorful one. A plain black tie would be respectful. Why all the colors? adornment.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker

Love is a dream, marriage is the alarm clock!

Moe Howard: "We're the census takers. Are you married or happy?"

[BeenThinkin]

Originally Posted by missourimary

LOL don't go preaching against watches, RW. There are several preachers out there that need not only to wear one but to look at it more often than they do.

missourimary... Do you know what it means when a preacher looks at his watch? NOTHING!

Been Thinkin

[Truthseeker]

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner

[Truthseeker]

All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble. ~Raymond Hull