Weddings

If you were to ask me 4 years ago if I was ever going to officiate a wedding, I would have said no way.  9 weddings later, I’m finding what a wonderful joy it is to be a part of people’s lives.  Not only do i get to spend time serving the couple in their wedding needs, their thoughts about becoming one, and the excitment of the big day, but I also get a chance to give a message to whole bunch of people i normally wouldn’t ever meet or hang out with.  What a cool opportunity!

I can’t tell you how many people tell me how boring weddings can get, especially the long winded pastor who rambles on and on about the stuff we’ve all heard before… but dang, that’s a big bummer, cuz getting married rocks and hearing God’s Word should be fresh and alive… so, i’ve been trying to make my message simple and yet very heart-and-soul of what God had in mind when we celebrate a ONE-ness cerimony.  It’s been such a great study in Genisis 2, and I’m pumped to see couples and their close ones see coming together as ONE-ness, not just a wedding day.

~ by benlenz on September 24, 2008.