Tadd said it best, "We are batting for a thousand for dudes who have stayed in accountability group with us and gotten married quick."
It's true. Andrew, Jesse, Rob, all dear brothers and all got hitched fairly quickly. I told Tadd I'm thinking about quitting, then rejoining in a month...
But I must say, this wedding was particularly one of the best, and certainly the most evident in my view of a God centered union. Their vows were saturated with covenants and promises before God and to each other, Paul Stoddard gave an excellent presentation of the gospel, and Andrew and Audrey washed each other's feet and took communion together. Priceless, encouraging love.
It's been amazing to see Andrew grow in The Lord, and how through difficulties personal and external, God has brought those two together. I've experienced many dear brothers who are much younger in faith and practice be expedited by God into marriage and new stages of life. I start to doubt God and think about myself, and I stop trusting him in those moments of knowing she isn't in my life yet. That's where I go wrong, and I have to be brought back to fundamental truths.
I'm humbled by God's timing and purpose, and there's still much to work through and think about, but particularly understanding that patience isn't marked by reaching a point of thinking God owes me reward or validation because I set a timeline or request before him. God owes me nothing, plain and simple. He saved me and chose to give promises to me, an abundance of this devastating grace I have been experiencing. So, patience is to be had while remaining in that grace he freely gives. And I need to get back into praying more for the heavy duty things, and live patiently in obedience. Patience is a fruit or evidence of the Spirit, so I must abide in the Spirit greater, and more intentionally, and let him lead me where the will, providence, and grace of God abound.
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