Tomorrow I have another wedding for a young couple who are living in Indy now. She grew up here in the church and I had the privilage of performing her sisters wedding just a couple of years ago. This has been a year of weddings including my son's as well as two of my daughters best friends. Last time I counted there were 14 weddings on my calendar for 2008 and I must say that I have loved doing each one of them.
There is just something about being a part of such a joyous day and being there when a bride and groom share their vows of love and commitment with one another that is just such a Holy moment. It reminds me of the joy and pleasure that have come in my own marriage and as I look at these couples I pray for them that they will know as much and if possible even more joy than I have experienced.
I can't quite imagine that I'll ever have quite as many weddings in another year but I've enjoyed them now and look forward to those that are yet to be scheduled in the coming years.
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Weddings seem like a good thing for pastors--get to take part in a cool ceremony, hopefully have some influence over the couple's future, and then you're done. No hassling with the troubles of first-year marriage!
Every wedding I preform reminds me of the joy of my own marriage. I've learned what it means to love and what it means to be loved when I don't deserve it.
I can't imagine what it would be like for pastors who don't have a marriage that they are enjoying or blessed in the midst of.
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