What has betrothal got to do with faith?

Monday, 14th week in Ordinary Time

July 9, 2018: Hos 2: 16, 17-18, 21-22; Mt 9: 18-26

I will betroth you to myself, says the Lord in the Word today. It set me thinking on the various elements of a relationship of betrothal! 

And the more intriguing part came by when in the Gospel Jesus speaks to us of an unconditional and unwavering faith! Now the question became more complicated in my mind - what has betrothal got to do with faith!

Betrothal is commonly a traditional, conservative concept of giving a couple-to-be some confident space to move in. It is an organised and formal mode of courtship. It is an enamouring phase of a marriage - where there should be utmost confidence, a lively striving to impress each other and an absolute vying with each other to shower love! 

Faith is all about that - a feeling of having been enamoured by God that I feel so confident in the Lord, I strive to please the Lord whatever it takes, I accept anything from the Lord whatever it is and never even for a moment doubt if the Lord is all for me!

Does my faith measure up to such a personal attachment to the Lord?