Wedding dress shopping!

You should have felt the energy in “David’s Bridal shop” the day Amanda and I went wedding dress shopping.  We stood there with other brides-to-be, bridesmaids, mothers, and grandmothers all buzzing around, picking out dresses, trying them on, giving input, ideas, choosing matching accessories … but really the main focus  was to please  and honor the “lady of the day”. … the future bride.

Amidst the laughter, smiles, encouraging comments, dreamy eyes, and lots and lots of female excitement in the air, the most amazing time was the moment a future bride … and in this case it was my daughter… walked shyly onto the platform full of mirrors with …. “the dress.”  She had already tried on several before, which were also beautiful, but somehow they weren’t right. All of a sudden, with this one, things were different.  People stopped what they were doing, heads turned, I caught my breath, others gave nods of approval….as the bride-to-be stood there with all eyes on her and broke into the most beautiful smile. She found THE DRESS.  Ok, this is sounding a little like a Walt Disney princess movie, but I promise you, it’s true.

It is amazing what seems to happen in a girl’s heart after she says “yes”,.. but before the wedding day.  “Yes” to the man she has hoped, dreamed, prayed for and visualized spending the rest of her life with.  Her face radiates, there is a non-stop smile on her face. Her nice character becomes even nicer J.  People and things that used to annoy just don’t seem as annoying. A very generous amount of time is  dedicated to communicating with this special man that she is in love with. Unity, things you have in common, future plans, and love is what matters! What a lovely time to be alive and enjoy!

Standing in that bridal shop on that morning I couldn’t help think of how we Christians as the body of believers represent the bride of Christ. As a follower of Christ I have given my “yes” to Him. I am actually living in anticipation of being united with him and celebrating the wedding feast with Christ as our groom who loves his bride the church more than we can even imagine. We as a church of believers are actually living in an  “engagement” period.  We are betrothed to him.  Wow!  How exciting! But is that how we feel? Are we as excited as my daughter Amanda is about her fiancé David?  Or have we been “engaged” so long that the anticipation and excitement of our first love has died away?

 As we start into this Advent season, which is a time of “anticipation”, anticipating the both the birth of Christ but also his second coming, the BIG wedding day,

I sure hope we don’t lose the “twinkle in our eyes”!

PS.  Sorry, won’t be posting any pictures of the Amanda in her dress until the big day - June 24^th!