Sweet Reminders Through a Faith Filled Wedding

Miraculous.  That’s not the typical word used to describe the environment of most weddings these days but it was perfectly fitting for the one I attended most recently.  Last Friday I had the honor of being part of the community surrounding two amazing people as they became one.  My & Zach’s dear friends, Seth & Ellie Guthrie, said vows & pledged their lives to Father & each other in the middle of a farmer’s field underneath a breath taking sunset.  It seemed surreal…but the day certainly didn’t seem like it would yield that outcome earlier in the afternoon.  In fact, as much as I love Seth & Ellie, this little post about their wedding day actually isn’t all about them.  This post is about how amazing our Heavenly Papa is & the incredible things He will do to show off His love for us, and knowing Seth & Ellie both, they would have the focus of this post be nothing else :)

Here’s a smidge of back story on Seth & Ellie so you’ll understand why the day was so perfect for them.  In nut shell they are two of the most wildly in love with Jesus, unwavering, faith filled examples of what it is to walk in son-ship to Father that Zach & I know.  They’re amazing.

Now onto the progression of their wedding day.  From the start, the day was full of anticipation & complete willingness to allow Father to make the day what ever He pleased.  It was incredible to be part of and I want to share with you a few of the events of the day that by man’s standards would have looked like a reason to panic, but with faith & an amazing heavenly Father, they turned out to be amazing expressions of His love.

To start the day, we woke up to storm clouds & a 70% chance of rain ALL day long.  There seemed to be a large chance that the gorgeous field intended to be the setting for their nuptials would turn into the set of Duck Dynasty by 6pm.  Despite what it looked like outside, we knew Father wouldn’t allow weather to get in the way of two of his kids having their dream wedding.  Ceremony time came & what did we see in the natural?  A large ominous rain cloud gathered literally directly above the field as the guests were being seated.  What did we do?  We chose to see with our Spirits what we knew Father wanted for them & press into it.  We all began to pray together that Father would move the clouds for Seth & Ellie.  And what happened?  They moved with in a matter of minutes & the most gorgeous sunset and a RAINBOW appeared over the field.  Come on, tell me that’s not the most amazing gift from our heavenly Father?  As is that weren’t enough, there’s more.

Secondly, 5 Minutes from the end of the ceremony I get a text from my friend who coordinated the day that the caterer had his dates mixed up & had NO food to bring for the 200 guests.  What do we do?  Pray again & Google the nearest BBQ joint.  They found Big Daddy’s BBQ less than 10 minutes away & took off with pick up trucks to pick up any & every tray of BBQ & sides they could give us.  We’d already seen God change the weather for us, so certainly He could get us food.  The place was so close that we were only a few minutes later than planned to start the reception.  He is so good!

Lastly, as amazing as Bid Daddy’s BBQ had been, they only had enough food for 100 people & we had almost 200 guests.  Incase you didn’t make it past 1^st grade math, that’s half as much food as we needed.  I bet you can guess what we did by now…choose to see past the situation in the natural & see with faith.  We prayed  that Father would multiply the food & began thanking Him for it.  And I bet you can guess what happened …He did it!  We had so much food that there was an entire tray of BBQ left over.  And isn’t that perfectly His style?  Weather its loaves & fishes or BBQ for a wedding God loves to do things in excess to love on His kids.

 

My prayer is that in reading the testimonies of Seth & Ellie’s special day, you’ve found a sweet reminder of the truth that Father loves to love on us.  No detail of our lives is too small to bring to him.  He delights in His kids  & loves it when we step out in faith to believe Him for his goodness instead of succumbing to what the world would tell us about our circumstances.  He always comes through, even if it looks different from what we had in mind as our “Plan A”.  (In fact, He rarely sticks to our “plans A’s”!  He much too creative & wise to do things the way we thing they should be done J ) If you’re in a season of life where you’re needing break through, reach up & grab these testimonies & let them fuel your faith.  Maybe He’s calling you to give up your “Plan A” to receive an Ephesians 3:20 plan.  He loves extravagantly & his plans are “to prosper & not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE & a future.”  Stand on that truth, even if you’re feeling like you don’t see the evidence of it right now.  It prepares your heart to be ready to receive the fullness of what He has planned.  (Featured below- My handsome date, amazing friends & the cutest flower girls you've ever seen!)