For me, this year is the Year of the Wedding.
For the past several months, I have been thinking about and planning for my friend Abby’s wedding. She and her fiancé (now husband) Ryan were married Saturday in a fairly simple and very warm ceremony in a beautiful yet non-air-conditioned church, and I was blessed with the honor of being one of her bridesmaids.
Later that afternoon, in the surreal blur that comes after a long-anticipated event has come to pass: "Do weddings still make you want to get married, or are you immune to that now?"
For the next several months, I will be thinking about and planning for my brother Jeremiah's wedding. He and his fiancée, Dorothy, will be getting married at the end of November. I will be standing up for them, too. It will be cooler then.
Today, at work, from the woman who sits next to me: "Your brother's getting married? He beat you?"
Tonight, at dinner, from my slightly older and still unmarried cousin: "Have you been getting set up on blind dates yet?"
God's coming in under my guard something fierce this year. I don't know why I bother keeping it up.
1 comment:
I can relate. I have had a lot of friends get married recently or about to get married or soon to be engaged. And I am sick of being asked if I have ever considered eHarmony. I just keep reminding myself that it's all in God's timing.
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