The movie Tangled has always been a favorite around my house. I love the part where Rapunzel says “best day ever”. I have to say this past Friday I knew exactly how she felt. Friday, my baby girl married the love of her life and her very best friend. From beginning to end it was a perfect day.
A sweet young lady, named Maggie, from church who attended the wedding said to me Sunday in passing that “it was obvious Jesus had a personal invite to the wedding.” We were passing in the aisles of the crowded sanctuary after our Christmas Eve service when she said this to me so we didn’t have a chance to elaborate on that. I had a feeling I knew exactly what she meant because out of all the weddings I have been to in my 47 years…including my own…I don’t think I have ever felt the way this wedding made me feel. I honestly just thought this is because…duh…I was the mother of the bride…that was my baby girl up there getting married.
So I messaged Maggie this morning and asked her to elaborate on what she said to me at church Sunday about Jesus being at the wedding. This is what she wrote back to me “I said that it was obvious that He had a personal invite! Something I didn’t say that I would have if it wasn’t just a walk by conversation is also that it was like Jesus was walking her down the aisle to meet Josh. She was glowing! I feel honored to have been able to have witnessed their marriage. God made a very obvious appearance at the warehouse and even someone who wasn’t a believer would have been able to feel his presence in that building it was that strong! Literally crying just thinking about it 😭 God is so good!”
Okay…it wasn’t just my biased mother of the bride status…God was moving in that ceremony and He was glorified through their marriage. I said it before in a Facebook status and I’ll say it again…we worked really hard making this a beautiful wedding through the decorations, flowers, greenery, dresses, cakes and so much more. So many details that kept me up at night for weeks…so much sleep lost that I am still catching up. But seriously, none of it mattered…not one ounce of it…for real! Why…because when God shows up and He is glorified…nothing else matters. What mattered is two people…despite their young age…loved each other enough to know they had been brought together through God’s plan and His design. They sought Him, they prayed to Him and they listened to Him. Their love for Him strengthened and continues to strengthen their love for one another. Because of this…each person who sat at The Eclectic Warehouse on Friday night, December 22, 2017 witnessed a wonderfully, special union that only God could create. There’s just no words for the feeling that most people in that room left with.
I saw a smile on every face as I walked out and not an ounce of doubt on anyone that what had just happened was a mistake. From the moment Bailee walked down the aisle to the beautiful voice of my sweet friend Pam singing “I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You” with the piano accompaniment played by my sweet sister Kathy…to the amazing words shared in the ceremony by our associate pastor BJ Parsons…to the prayer time where family came and prayed over Bailee and Josh with our sweet young friend from church named Hudson singing the chorus to Holy Ground…to Bailee and Josh sharing their first dance with her sweet friend Dallas singing and playing the song…to Robert and Bailee having the most epic father of the bride/daughter dance…to dancing the night away…to three bridesmaids’ speeches that made our hearts smile…to Bailee and Josh leaving out under an arch of Glow Sticks….it was the Best. Day. Ever.
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