Beautiful Hannah. What a joy it is has been to know you and see
where God has brought you. And what a
joy it will be to see where God will take you.
You stand here a character in your
own fairy tale. The beautiful princess
who has waited in the moonlight for her handsome prince… The prince has come and swept her off his
feet. Together they will ride off and
live happily ever after. Yet this fairy
tale moment that you have waited so long
for, is not the peak of your love story.
This mountain top is not as good as it gets-believe it or not, your love
will only deepen and grow. As you stand
here with your Paul, drink in the moment,
breathe deep, write these memories upon your heart but leave room, for
the story is just beginning. The story
of your marriage, written by the Great Author, is so much more than a simple fairy
tale. It is a picture of God’s love
itself. And while there is a happily
ever after, it doesn’t come from simply walking down this aisle with your
prince. When you walk out those doors,
you will indeed be walking to many happy moments, times of joy you can’t
imagine, exciting adventures to be had , but there will also be times of
heartache, of sorrow and frustrations. Isaiah
26:3 says “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because
he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting
rock” This is my prayer for you Hannah, that you will find perfect peace as you
trust in the Lord. That as you step into
the role of wife and all other roles that God’s story for your life brings,
that you will be in peace because you trust in the Author of life. Last night
as we heard friends share about your love story, it was clear that you and Paul
recognize that It is God that is the author of your life and love, that you
have endeavored to seek him first. I
pray that you will continue to do so, that you will not try to take over and try
to write your own story. I pray also you
will not write one another into roles you are not meant to play. God is your everlasting rock, not Paul, just
as God is Paul’s everlasting rock, not you. Do not put your husband in the role of Christ. He is
your husband, love him by loving God
first. Respect him and support him by
seeking Christ first. Encourage him and listen to him, laugh with him and learn
with him, but root these things in the prayer.
Spending time in prayer , spending time humbly at the feet of the Lord,
the author of life and love, this is the very best way to love your husband. This is the way for peace to reign in your
life together through all the times of adventure and joy as well as frustration
and heartache. Marriage is a great adventure, a beautiful song. It is a story of
ups and downs, peaks and valleys, but above all a story and a picture of great
love. When written by God, it is far
greater than any fairy tale penned by man.
So as you say your vows, and walk down the aisle to your ‘happily ever
after’, abide in the author of your story.
The author of history, the author of the greatest story ever told. The Author of Love itself.
This is absolutely beautiful!!
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