Focus

Wedding planning is a part time job and it is so easy to lose focus.  Yes, I may look like I'm so focused that I'm ahead of the game.  With 7 months to go, I've already gotten most of the major pieces into place (though I will tell you I only feel like I'm 5% done). 

But what is the true focus on our wedding?  Is it how practical it is?  Is it about how much fun everyone will have?  Is it about the celebration of Hon and I becoming each other's permanent roommate?

Well, yes.  But it's more.  The other day I saw this beautiful wedding photo on Style Me Pretty:

I almost cried.  I am so grateful that I too will have a moment like this with my wonderful bridesmaids who are already praying me through my eventual wedding day.  You should check out the rest of this bride's pictures and her thoughts on wedding planning, but I wanted to share this with you:

Looking back on our entire engagement there are three things that I wish I could have done better and more consistently. The first and most important, for us, is to keep our focus off of ourselves and on the Lord. It is by his grace that Taylor and I have become who we are and this marriage is now to honor and glorify him. It is so easy to get wrapped up in and obsess over what you want for your day. In reality, marriage is designed for one purpose and that is to bring us closer to God and to make us more like him. Looking back, I wish that I wouldn’t have been so concerned with my desires and my vision but more concerned with His desires and His vision.

I want to sound as wise as this bride.  I want this wedding to be filled with prayer and Love.  I want my heart to care more about the Lord than any of the details I'm forever working on.  Who will really remember my necklace and the decorations years from now?  Who will even notice them that day?  What will last, however, is the covenant we will make with our God.

Yes, I will still take the time to go shoe shopping.  I will get my hair done.  And I will have fun doing it all.  But, I will trust in the Lord that all the details will come together into a great celebration of His love for us and His future for Hon and I.