Weddings

I had a great weekend! I went to a wedding yesterday and it was lovely! It has been just about two years since I was at a wedding (I think...), the last one was Karen and Levi's wedding on Aug 31, 2002. It was a nice ceremony, about half an hour long at Lakeview Church. It was kind of a reunion for our grad class and that was cool! I saw a few people that I haven't seen since grad and they are doing well.

As I listened and watched during the ceremony I wonder how much non-Christians take in of the 'religious stuff' in the ceremony. The pastor talked about the importance of having Jesus be a part of the marriage, and about the importance of marriage in God's plan for mankind. As he read 1 Corinthians 13 about love, and I recited it along in my head, I wonder how much of an impact it had on the non-Christians I was sitting with. Or maybe they were just sitting there thinking about how drunk they were going to get at the dance, or thinking about how cute they thought the best man was.

I think it would be interesting to hear that stuff through 'fresh ears'. I wonder what it sounds like to them. I think sometimes I take it for granted, the beautiful scripture that I have heard hundreds of times. What does it sound like to those who have never heard it before??? I had some friends I went to school with that were pretty against religion. I wonder if they think it sounds crazy. Like we think culty people are strange, I wonder if they think it's culty sounding.

Then there was a reception with some good food, and visiting :) Then there was a dance. I think that was the first wedding I have been to since my sister's that had a dance. And people actually danced! There were a lot of young people there last nite, so the dance was a lot of fun. At my sister's wedding, like NO one danced :P I think my next wedding will be MY wedding, how exciting!! :)