Sarah D. Shearer

Dear Sarah in two days,

You are getting married today. This has been your greatest dream since you were a little girl. You have watched Father of the Bride so many times you have mastered Franc’s mysterious accent, and your diaries are full of Mrs. Sarah ????

In a society that is desperately trying to redefine marriage, you and Lucas are holding fast to the biblical sacred covenant between man and woman, and to be honest, you have no idea what you are getting into.

I know you’ll wake long before your alarm today, heart pulsing, and nerves running wild, and I want to go ahead and tell you to be at peace. You may be saying your vows on a stage, but this is not a performance. People have not come to see a show, they have come to see two very real and average people decide to spend their lives together.

Sarah, you’re going to have expectations, and I want you to let them go. Your day will be beautiful not because you are a spectacular wedding planner, but because you are dearly loved by a Father who has blessed you and blessed you and blessed you again.

Enjoy your day, breathe it in; it will be your wedding day and the one you will tell your children and grandchildren about for decades to come. Think of your husband- to- be as you wake, pray for him, bless him, think of his face being the one you will see at the start of each day and the one you will kiss as you say goodnight.

Something will inevitably fall through the cracks or go wrong, but go ahead and decide you will just laugh about it. Your wedding blunders will be great stories someday.

As you survey the reception you and your friends worked so hard to create, remember this: no one will remember if the silverware wasn’t fancy or if there were no plate chargers and no real wine glasses. They will remember who they saw, how the bride and groom looked at each other, and how they felt as they were caught up in your story.

Sarah, this is your wedding weekend. Have fun and revel in God’s goodness to you!

Love,

Sarah Taylor, for the last time