“…till death do us part.”
It’s a phrase we hear in almost every marriage vow.
A promise that says, “I will do everything I’ve committed to; love, honor, cherish...until death separates us.”
But then, I started to think about Ruth.
Her husband died.
By the vow’s technical terms, she was “released.”
Yet, she didn’t walk away from love.
She looked at her mother-in-law Naomi...the woman who had raised the man she loved, and she saw him in her.
She saw his faith, his people, his God.
And she stayed.
Ruth Chapter 1 verse 16 says “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.”
Let me quickly state that I’m not saying widows shouldn’t move on. That’s not the point.
I’m just struck by the depth of Ruth’s love...that it overflowed the boundaries of a lifetime with her husband.
A love so rich it left residue.
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And it makes me wonder:
What would marriage look like if we loved in a way that a lifetime couldn’t exhaust?
A love so deep...death can only pause it, not end it.
A love that leaves fingerprints on everyone and everything connected to our spouse.
A love so rooted in God that it naturally outlives us.
If we loved like that...
Our forgiveness wouldn’t run on a limited supply.
Our patience wouldn’t be rationed.
Our kindness wouldn’t have an expiration date.
Our words wouldn’t just be sweet for the honeymoon...they’d still nourish in the final days.
It would be love that outlasts seasons, surpasses moods, and survives misunderstandings.
It’s the kind of love Aposle Paul described in 1 Corinthians 13:8:
“Love never fails...”
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Till death do us part...
But what if death finds us still pouring, still giving, still holding?
What if we enter eternity with love left over...not because we withheld it, but because God’s kind of love cannot be emptied?
That’s the love worth building.
That’s the love worth praying for.
That’s the love worth vowing.
That's the kind of love I pray to build with my wife.
👣 Be Better. 💛 Love Better. 🙌🏾 Do Better. 💍 Marriage Works.
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