..the Wedding weekend.. Take Two...

where to begin... should I talk about the lovely divorced and remarried ( after 10 years :S ) lady sitting next to me on the flight that at the end of a wonderful 2 hour long conversation told me to kiss a few frogs...?
or the many hours Michelle and I spent talking that first night... sharing intimately what God was doing in our lives... even though we really only said Hi once on the cruise...
or breakfast at the Cracker Barrel and a 3 hour drive to Birmingham Alabama... the exuberant welcome I received and the whirlwind of meeting my friend Mary's wonderful friends, one after another... again, sharing our hearts, our sorrows and the love for our Lord....
the southern hospitality and friendliness so wonderful and warm....
or maybe the next morning... Mary praying over me from Ephesians chapter 1: 15-21 and how it moved both of us to tears...

"For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,  I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.  I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.  I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength  he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,  far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come."
so amazing the Lord would give her that scripture passage for me....

while the preparations and festivities for the wedding of my Ex husband were going on, and all this was communicating to everyone was that it was FOR SURE no longer about me, when this was about to be written in stone so to speak... all and everything on my trip showed me that there was One who considered me worthy enough to make this trip an experience of a lifetime, it seemed, like it was all about me (could that be? it almost made me feel uncomfortable)... it felt like not only was I received with open arms but the blessings kept on flowing...

coming home and hearing so much about the dresses, the flowers, the speeches, the people, and all the feelings my children had.... I am even more thankful than I felt on that day for being showered with all that love....
TO BE CONTINUED.....