A wedding wish..today and always.

Today is the beginning of your two becoming one. While you will both remain independent, smart, funny and able to make your own decisions you will also be embarking on a new venture. This adventure isn’t totally new; hopefully you have been training for it your whole life even if you were unaware. This is the voyage of a life time one that will come easily at times and be the hardest thing you’ve had to do at other times. For some it is the first realization that everything you do will ultimately affect another. For others this may be a repeated attempt to be the half of a whole that is one solid piece yet has separate thoughts, ideas and emotions. This trip begins before the “I do” and ends as you breathe your last breath. Marriage is not a party, but there will be some. Marriage is the act of surrendering yourself to another with careful and deliberate abandonment. It is not a selfish act but one where your heart should be in a constant state of sacrifice. To love someone is to give to another. Being ready to lay down your all for someone is not something taken lightly but on this adventure it will be the only way to continue your trip. When your spouse cries, loves, laughs, hurts your empathy and compassion for that will be insurmountable and like a rock. Our abilities to give are often easy. To be a giver you must also allow yourself to be a receiver. There is energy flow like the ocean tide that comes and goes; sometimes you gift and sometimes you receive. Like the water you are one fluid being, picking up bits and pieces and leaving some behind and all the while in motion. While it is with great joy you enter into this union and with your heavenly father as witness and a guide. Your wedding day is the beginning of the journey. May you travel with a servant’s heart ready to lay down your all for each other and with this shared load your adventure will be one of greatness. Many blessings. ~Micheline Edwards White Picket Fences 2015 ~In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:5 “Our modern culture teaches us to always fight and look out for number one. On this day remember that your one is more and to act with a servants heart as we are called to do and to lay aside yourself to others. In this you will find great joy” http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=servant+song&FORM=VIRE9#view=detail&mid=8036E63D1AC7B27283248036E63D1AC7B2728324 "Live with passion, love without surrender"