June bride

As we begin the month of June, the entertainment industry is buzzing with what appears to be a perplexing couple breakup. Of course, every marriage breakup is perplexing because we believe it to last forever. And as soon as this occurs, we have differing opinions. To each side, we have our justifications. And this occurs during a month that is well-known for luring more lovers. But what really is it in June for lovers?

Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage, is the inspiration for the month of June. Couples who married in June were supposed to be blessed with fortune and happiness.

Interestingly, literature tells us that during medieval times a person’s annual bath usually fell in May or June, meaning that June brides still smelled relatively fresh. The brides would have smelled more pleasant then than before but just to be safe, brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide their body odor. Hence the custom of carrying a bouquet when walking down the aisle.

June is the most popular month to marry in Western culture and practically in many other cultures around the world, because a bride who marries in June is more likely to give birth to her first child in early spring, allowing her plenty of time to recover before the fall harvest.

There is no such thing as a perfect marriage, of course. However, it takes both of them to make it last. Along the process, we make inconceivable compromises and sacrifices that we may never have had made before in our lives.

The needed level of commitment is a deeper and crucial look at a lasting marriage. It's a pledge to do everything it takes to keep the marriage together, which implies there will be instances when we don't get our way. They say we'll have to make do.

Commitment is not a particularly luscious term or notion, yet it is perhaps more important than anything else in making marriages succeed. Commitment is vital because we act differently when we know our futures are connected together. It's not simply about speaking marriage vows or having a piece of paper that reads "marriage license." If we know the other person will not be around indefinitely, we may avoid a tense encounter. If our present love experiences a debilitating accident or simply starts to rub us the wrong way, we may go on to another. We have agreed to stay and work it out, not just today, but for the rest of our lives.

As she comes down the aisle to meet her groom, the June bride beams. She walks alone at awhile, but eventually she joins her man for a lifetime commitment. What could be more important for two human souls than to realize that they are connected for life–to be able to rely on one other in all labors, to rest on each other in all sorrows, and to minister to each other in solemn, indescribable recollections at the time of their final parting?

Whatever our opinions are on the best time and season to marry, the essence of a lifetime commitment to one another remains the same. We can have all the weddings of the century, millennium, or whatever we want, but if they all fail in the end, we aren't accomplishing anything.