Living With An Air Of Excitement and Expectancy!

I had the honor and the pleasure of officiating at the wedding of a special couple today.  To make things even better, it was my first Valentines Day wedding!  I love being able to be a part of a couples life at this initial and critical time in their lives together.  While every wedding is unique in its own way, they are all identical in the atmosphere of excitement that fills the air before, during and after the ceremony.  Today’s service was no exception to the rule.  The Bride and Groom were filled with a vision of good expectations for their new life together.  You could see the affection between them and the total agreement as the ceremony progressed.  Their personally written vows were filled with love, honor and care for each other.  They flowed as one as they confessed to live their lives under God’s covenant marriage relationship.  After the service they stood aglow in the radiance of a new commitment to one another, and a strong expectancy for their future together.

I think that is why I like weddings.  It is a time in people’s lives where they are going forth in union toward the goal of success for the rest of their lives.  As I mentioned, the very air today was charged with excitement and expectancy.  I believe that weddings are also important for those witnessing the event.  It is a time when they can remember their own special day and recommit to each other and the goals that they had set.

This is the way that we should live everyday of our lives!  It is something that God desires for each of us.  Jeremiah 29:11 says “I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord.  They are plans for peace and not for disaster, plans to give you a future filled with hope.” (Gods Word©).  The word peace in this verse is the Hebrew word Shalom which means completeness or health in your body, mind and finances.  That’s the kind of peace that feelings alone cannot give.  It comes from a dependence on a higher foundation.  I shared this with the couple last night as we went over today’s service, and let them know that this is precisely God’s plan for them.  That a marriage centered on God and His Word can weather the various storms that come upon us in this life.  It is also the same advice that comes from personal experience in our marriage that I give to you this day!  With Him as our foundation, we look to live each day with the same air of excitement and expectancy that was prevailing at the wedding today, and it the same excitement and expectancy that you experience also!  Stay tuned and keep asking yourself…”What am I expecting today?”