God made his presence known at my sister in law’s wedding. He did that through a dressmaker, an innkeeper, the wedding guests and someone I have come to think of as the man of God’s word.
It was my sister in law’s first marriage. She was 67. She decided to go the whole “big white wedding dress” route. To understand everything that happened, you need to know that my sister in law is bipolar and has been diagnosed with related personality disorders and learning disabilities.
For the rest of the story, read the previous posts, The Dressmaker and The Innkeeper
Today the story of “The Wedding Guests and The Man of God’s Word”…
The Wedding Guests
Finally it was wedding time. My sister in law’s friends gathered at a beautiful gazebo on the edge of a lake.
The ceremony started, the music played and my sister in law started down the path to the gazebo in her wedding dress.
Suddenly, imitating something she later said she had seen in a movie, she pulled her wedding dress and petticoats above her knees so everyone could see her bright red tennis shoes. It was perfectly normal to her. And if anyone in the crowd thought otherwise, they didn’t show it. There was not a smile, not a wink not a knowing nudge from any of the guests. Were they being polite? Yes. But more than that, they were letting the love of God flow through them.
- The Man of God’s Word
The wedding ended… We rushed back to the hotel. We set up the food in a buffet line, and arranged appetizers on the table. The guests arrived. We were ready to eat. But everybody looked around uncomfortably.
Finally one person spoke up, “I don’t really know you”, he said. “But we’re all believers, and we’d like to pray before we eat.”
God had shown up all day through the dressmaker, the innkeeper, and the wedding guests. It was our turn to honor Him and thank Him. He reminded us of that by showing up through one more person, whom I have come to think of as the man of God’s word. One more person who surrendered to Him and let His love flow through him.
Thank you, God. Thank you that you … the God of the universe … the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob … love us enough to show up in our everyday lives to remind us of your greatness.
