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Wedding Peace.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Wedding plans. Gotta love 'em!
I truly don't, and I'll tell you why.
I always felt that (as a bride-to-be) it must be very hard to remain sane and level-headed while trying to balance your day to day living with your responsibility to plan this once in a lifetime thing called WEDDING. I always told myself I would never become what is now commonly known as a bridezilla.
Thankfully, I've been able to avoid the whole bridezilla thing; however, this morning I reached the end of my rope. I refuse to continue planning this wedding with me in mind. My wedding will not be about me, nor will it be about Jon. My wedding will be about God.
You may be thinking, "Poor Becky! I think the plans are getting to her... she's goin' a little nutsy-cookoo."
Call me crazy. Doesn't bother me.
What DOES bother me is the thought of my wedding being all about me. Seriously? I'm not that special.
The major problem with making my wedding all about me is that it's just an ugly thing to do.
Who cares about the dress I wear, and the flowers I use, and the jewelry I have on, and the music, and the glitz, and the glamor. None of that truly matters. All of it is temporary.
One of my favorite Bible verses comes to mind: "Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised." (Prov. 31:30)
I must admit, I've gotten a tad bit caught up in this planning process. I found myself way too focused on details that absolutely will not count for anything in my life once I'm done living. I refuse to continue on the same path. It's nothing but a dead end street. There is a better way to plan my wedding, and a much better perspective for me to have.
My wedding will be about what God can do: how He can unite two people, and how whatever He does cannot be changed by man.
It will not be about me.
In fact, if it weren't for Him, I would have never met Jon in the first place. If it weren't for Him, I would never be in this amazing position that I'm in now.
If it weren't for Him, I would not have the breath of life in me.
So, why should such a special occasion in my life be all about me?
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. " As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9)
I truly don't, and I'll tell you why.
I always felt that (as a bride-to-be) it must be very hard to remain sane and level-headed while trying to balance your day to day living with your responsibility to plan this once in a lifetime thing called WEDDING. I always told myself I would never become what is now commonly known as a bridezilla.
Thankfully, I've been able to avoid the whole bridezilla thing; however, this morning I reached the end of my rope. I refuse to continue planning this wedding with me in mind. My wedding will not be about me, nor will it be about Jon. My wedding will be about God.
You may be thinking, "Poor Becky! I think the plans are getting to her... she's goin' a little nutsy-cookoo."
Call me crazy. Doesn't bother me.
What DOES bother me is the thought of my wedding being all about me. Seriously? I'm not that special.
The major problem with making my wedding all about me is that it's just an ugly thing to do.
Who cares about the dress I wear, and the flowers I use, and the jewelry I have on, and the music, and the glitz, and the glamor. None of that truly matters. All of it is temporary.
One of my favorite Bible verses comes to mind: "Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised." (Prov. 31:30)
I must admit, I've gotten a tad bit caught up in this planning process. I found myself way too focused on details that absolutely will not count for anything in my life once I'm done living. I refuse to continue on the same path. It's nothing but a dead end street. There is a better way to plan my wedding, and a much better perspective for me to have.
My wedding will be about what God can do: how He can unite two people, and how whatever He does cannot be changed by man.
It will not be about me.
In fact, if it weren't for Him, I would have never met Jon in the first place. If it weren't for Him, I would never be in this amazing position that I'm in now.
If it weren't for Him, I would not have the breath of life in me.
So, why should such a special occasion in my life be all about me?
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. " As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9)
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