One Day Every Post.

I’m beginning to realize how hard it is to post each day.  I feel like if I don’t have something extremely profound to say, then it’s not worth blogging.  Unfortunately I have nothing profound to say any day.  But.  Because these are supposed to be daily ramblings about virtually nothing I suppose that that doesn’t really matter.  So I am going to try to post one post every day.  And if no one reads it, at least my typing will become a little faster and I will learn how to reflect on the nothings of the day.

So, today’s post will be devoted to the many weddings I’ve been attending these days.  Weddings are a touchy subject for some people, because of one reason or the next, but I’ve slowly become more immune toward the sensitivity that can occur by the mention of their name.  Before, weddings used to annoy me because I thought it was just some legalistic formality in the passage of marriage.  Why does everyone need to make such a fuss and hoopla about weddings… it’s all a big expensive show anyway.  I used to murmur under my breath and drag my feet going to weddings, trying to find yet another new outfit, prep myself to see some more old faces, and witness yet another wedding.  Afterwards I would always vow to elope in Vegas or some remote island where no one would be obligated to go and no one would put on a fake face and there would be absolutely no pressure.  Don’t be offended if you’re married and I went to your wedding because if your wedding cake was good then I probably forgot about all these other things, and if you had ice cream along with it then all is well that ends well.

But anyway, to redeem this post I’d like to say that these past weddings have been very pleasant and, dare i say, blessing for me.  Maybe it’s just that PMin has been on in his wedding sermons, or maybe I’ve just actually started to listen, but they have really been a good reminder for me that it’s not really about the wedding day or just about the two people standing up there… but what this day is really picturing:  My future wedding day with Jesus.  I’ve been more and more realizing that in this life amidst all of the greatest joys and the lowest disappointments, everything pales in comparison to a true relationship with the Lord.  And every mundane day that goes by is actually not uneventful or insignificant because it’s just one step closer to the day I will see my Lord face to face.  I think if weddings are supposed to picture that wonderful marvelous day, then I will go with a different outlook in anticipation for what’s to come.

When it comes down to it, I just want to live each day for one thing alone.  my Lord.

and thank you to every couple and newlywed who remind me of this wonderful truth.

“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only i may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me-the task of testifying to the Gospel of God’s grace” (Acts 20:24)