A Forgotten Ring

The story is told of a man, who before eating in his favorite restaurant, went to the bathroom to wash his hands. As he was about to dry his hands, he spotted what looked like an expensive gold wedding band on top of the towel dispenser. Some man had forgotten to put the ring back on his finger after washing his hands.

He decided to take the ring to the manager of the restaurant in hopes that the ring’s owner would soon return and claim ownership. He wondered if the owner of the ring could have as quickly displaced and forgotten his marriage as he did his ring.

As Christians, we are married to Christ (2 Corinthians 11:1-2; cf. Ephesians 5:25-32), but what kind of marriage is it? Is it a marriage of convenience or a marriage based on commitment?

Do we sometimes find it easy to take off the ring of commitment, washing our hands of Jesus, and forgetting to put His ring back on the finger of our heart?

Dear reader, we need to seriously think about it!

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets