When the headwaiter tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from - though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom...

Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee.

He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

John 2:9, 11 CSB

He called the groom.

Jesus first sign is at a wedding, a time of celebration and feasting, where there is a banquet, and there is plenty.

In so many ways this picture is what Jesus was about, the bridegroom coming for his bride, entering into a covenant relationship with her, committed to her flourishing.

And we, the church, are that bride.

And Jesus is that groom. 

But Jesus went way further than any groom for his bride...he really did give his life for her, for us. 

Sacrificed everything.

Sacrificed everything for his chosen. 

Above all the ordinary stuff of life, intertwined with our day-to-day struggles and joys and wins and grief's, is this great love story of a groom, his bride, and a banquet. 

#onedayallwillbemadenew

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