The Last Minute Details

COUNTDOWN:  1 week left!!!!!

My goodness, how time is flying by! There are so many details to take care of in these last seven days.

• Clean up the wedding and reception area
• Decorate the wedding and reception area
• Finish packing
• Get my nails done
• Pick up part of the wedding party at the airport
• Bring the flowers to our cake baker
• Print the programs
• Get pictures printed for framing
• Put up signs at designated places
• Get baskets for the programs and wedding favors
• Pick up the corsages
• Go for one last trial run for my hair
• Clean! Clean! Clean!

There are lots of last minute details to take care of on the final week of the wedding. There are decisions to make like "Who will pick up the tables?" or "Who is taking so-and-so back to the airport?" or "What about parking?" etc. etc. etc. Details + Wedding = Stress. :) But it's all good and by this time next week, they won't even matter. All that will matter is that the bride and groom are finally married!!

My dear friend, Anna, loaned me a book early on in my engagement and its sole focus was learning to plan a wedding, while keeping God the center of your life. It inspired me to find rest and peace in Christ and not get caught up in the chaos and detail planning. And it has been so refreshing and it has helped remind me that is not all about the wedding....it's about the marriage!

Sadly, though, many people around the world today, when thinking of Christianity and Salvation, think only of the "details"....they think of good works, of Church attendance, of Baptism, or some other thing, and forget entirely the main foundation - which is Salvation through Jesus Christ! So many countless millions spend their lives trying to live well, be faithful to a Church, or get plunged in water in order to go to Heaven...yet they miss the point! They get caught up in the details, but when all is said and done, the details won't be the focal point. When they stand in front of God on Judgement Day, He won't ask about how they lived, what Church they went to, or whether they were baptized. He will ask, "What did you do with my Son, Jesus?" It's all about Christ! It's all about the "marriage" in other words. Baptism, Church attendance, and good works are FRUIT of Salvation. They are the beautiful resulting acts of salvation. It's proof. It's the details of the big event....just like the napkins, the parking attendants, the candles, and the wedding favors are all the details of mine and Grant's big event - our wedding! In a week's time, the color of the punch won't matter, nor will the fact that the programs were on ivory paper instead of silver. All that will matter is the vow we made to one another and the marriage that took place.

 

I pray those of you who are reading this blog will never be a "detail person".....getting caught up in the details and forgetting the "marriage." Trust me....when all is said and done, and when we leave this earth, nothing will matter except Jesus and what we did with His love, His blood, and His sacrifice.