My secret is that when I'm bored I love to watch wedding shows: Bridezillas, Platinum Weddings, A Wedding Story, the list goes on. I love browsing davidsbridal.com and looking at dresses, invitations, cakes, etc. My excuse is that I'm a girl. We dream of our wedding day for years. Why not get a head start on the details?
This past week I spent a few days in Concord, NC for a wedding. My two best friends, Bailey and Josh, got married Saturday afternoon. The ceremony was beautiful. Everything from the color of our bridesmaids dresses to the flower bouquets were Bailey's childhood dreams come to life.
Of course not everything was perfect. Nothing ever can be.
Press, Bailey's brother kinda passed out during the ceremony. I've never seen someone without color in their face at all. Even his lips were white. It was so hot and the groomsmen had on so many layers. Then he locked his knees and lost blood circulation. He had to sit down and eventually be taken out. Another groomsmen almost passed out too, but made it through the ceremony. Unfortunately, all pictures of him show sweat drops the size of bullets.
Well thats just a fun story from the weekend. Now, to the serious message.
My secret is that, unlike my wedding will be one day, I'm not perfect.
One of the groomsmen made a comment at the rehersal. He said "You know, at most weddings the bridesmaids and the groomsmen actually talk to each other." It was true. We didn't mix at all. And I was part of that. I avoided some of them like the plague actually. I was so rude.
Sin. It seperates us from the One who desires us. It seperates us from the life He intended us to have. It's a barrier. Just like the one that we had built this past weekend. Once I realized what was going on, I did try to get over my anxiety and past my judgements. I mean what was the big deal? Forget about the past.
So, my point is, get over it. When you know you're wrong, fix it. And when you know you've fixed it, don't do it again.
And don't forget...davidsbridal and theknot.com are awesome timewasters.
