Wedding

Come and hear, all you who fear God,and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
Psalm 66:16

Last Saturday, I got the privilege to witness and be a part of the wedding of the (now) Fujiwaras! =) I've been looking forward to this time for a long long time... and cried like a bajillion times during the whole day (and even before- I teared up at the bridal shower, picking up janice's dress, rehearsal, etc.)

It was the most beautiful wedding I've ever been to. Not just because of how absolutely radiant Janice looked, the pretty decorations, or an awesome banquet hall...but because through the whole thing, I felt God's presence. It was like a culmination of all the times of prayer, struggling with God, wondering, surrendering, hurting... and ultimately the redemptive grace throughout that I've been able to witness while walking with Janice through the last 6 years. Seeing God bring salvation to Janice and later to Harry after they'd already been together for a while, crying and praying together as we both wrestled to surrender relationships to God... and years later witnessing how God in his sovereignty saved Harry, restored their relationship, gave them both a heart to serve and live for him, and graced to them infinitely more than they had ever had in the first place- a relationship with Jesus Christ and then, secondarily, to each other. Wow.

Their wedding was an amazing proclamation of the Gospel- both in word (they wanted it shared clearly) and deed (testimony of their lives). It was only one of the beginning steps in their lives together, but what a comfort to know that the God who has carried them will be with them to the end... and what a joy to know that they know their relationship is an amazing gift of God's grace, and still only secondary to their eternal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Praise God. He alone does great things.