Sunday, January 18, 2009  12:30 AM
White lace
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. -- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
I love weddings. Because in the midst of all the fussing about bridesmaids' dresses and flower arrangements is a testament of love. Most people forget that part, and many weddings play up the festivities at fancy hotels and grand ten-course dinners, but at the very heart of all that, which is what everyone should be celebrating - love between the newlyweds. But love and the grace of God - which allows us to love because He first loved us - gets downplayed alot and people are numb to that because they get too caught up in the programme.
Sharon's wedding today was held in church, and it was a simple affair. Yet she looked as beautiful as a fairy, and her husband waited for her at the altar like a five-year-old child on Christmas morning, grinning from ear to ear. And the most poignant part of the event today was when her father read out 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, because for the very first time, I focused on the words and tears welled up in my eyes. The whole concept of love finally struck me, the all-encompassing nature of it and its omnipotence in every aspect of life.
Love isn't easy. But like the couple that I witnessed get married today, I believe in it. And like it's friend grace, you can't buy it and it's not something you can force your way into. Still God created us to experience love, and that in itself is amazing to me. Love that protects, hopes, trusts and perseveres, I see bright sunny days ahead.
A day of too many thoughts, and I'm trading my expensive glass-slipper dreams for a real celebration of outpouring love at my wedding, because if that day is to come, it is nothing but His grace and gift to me.
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