Answered Prayers at the Rehearsal Dinner

The week before the wedding was somewhat stressful.  It would have been 100 times worse had my mom not been so helpful.  Mid-week Stephen was informed that he would not be released for the weekend.  How could I get married without my brother there? Infuriated and upset, I cried for the rest of the week.  In between sobs I prayed.  I asked God for understanding and faith that He is in control.  I prayed for Him to make a way for Stephen to be at the wedding.  I told God I was mad and upset: that I didn’t understand.  I prayed for Him to speak to the heart of the person in charge.  He is All Powerful and for the first time in my life I asked for Him to do something for me requiring His power.  By Friday, though, I’d accepted Stephen wouldn’t be there and we made arrangements to Skype the ceremony so he could watch it. 

We started off the weekend with the rehearsal dinner on Friday night at Parker’s on Ponce.  The food was delectable and I was thrilled to spend our last un-wed evening with our closest friends and family.  In the midst of dinner, Stephen sent a text message saying he’d been released for the weekend and was on his was home.  Tears immediately burst from my eyes in joy and I thanked God without hesitation.  Stephen wouldn’t have been able to come home without the Lord working in hearts and changing decisions.  I know that for a fact.  There is no other way he made it to the wedding.

Listening to my sweet Grandfather's toast.

Rehearsing. . .

It’s crazy how God works.  He is always in control, presents Himself to hardened hearts, listens to prayers, and does the unfathomable.  We have a great God.  I entered the wedding weekend with a heart of greatest thanks and in awe of our powerful, loving Creator.  What a way to begin our wedding weekend.   

He is the one you praise; 

he is your God who performed for you those great 

and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.

Deuteronomy 10:21