As you probably know, my son, Taylor, and his beautiful wife, Reid, got married this past Friday night. It was an precious celebration of the marriage covenant between two amazing people (and, yes, I am biased), but it was awesome!

In the months leading up to the wedding, the couple faced a few challenges with the planning. First, there was a change of the wedding date. Then, there was a change of the venue and location. Finally, the uncertainty of Hurricane Matthew’s path made it difficult to plan the reception until the very last minute, whether it would be indoors or outdoors. It ended up inside. God worked all the details of the wedding to be just as He planned it, and it was perfect.

By trusting in Him, Taylor and Reid kept their cool and learned to roll with the changes. I was so proud of them, and I know this is reflective of how they will handle their married life and the building of their home and family as they work together and trust God to guide them.

Through the months of planning, they kept their focus on their marriage and God’s plans for them first of all. Their excitement about the actual marriage ceremony overshadowed any of the challenges. They kept the main thing, the main thing, and God rewarded them with a beautiful, special wedding—one of the most lovely I have ever attended.

For me, there was a time in my life when I found it easy to freak out during struggles. You see, deep down I am a recovering perfectionist. I would get hung up on details to a point where they would stand in my way of moving forward. I would get my eyes off of the main thing and that is that God is in charge and that He is always working a plan for my good and His glory.

Then, I went through health challenges with cancer, surgeries and my pain illness, and other personal stressful challenges like my close friend embezzling money from my company and the death of both of my parents. He showed me time and time again that He is faithful, that He was in charge. I have learned to trust God more, to let go and let God more. Now there are occasions when I still struggle with this a bit, but don’t we all? I am a work in progress.

There has been research that proves that 97% of what we worry about never happens. Also, Matthew 6:27 says, “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” To which I might add—No, but it sure can give you some gray hair. We have to try to let go of the worry so we can truly enjoy the life that God has planned for us, one day at a time, so we can move forward.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote a letter to console his daughter because she was worried about a mistake she had made. “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders, losses, and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; let today go so you can begin tomorrow well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. Each new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays.”

Let’s keep the main thing, the main thing. Anything we could ever do pales in comparison to His plan for our good and His glory.

Dear Lord: Thank You for blessing Taylor and Reid with a beautiful wedding. Please bless their marriage always. As we go through life, help us to always keep our focus on You by living each day to the best of our ability and leaving the rest to You. Thank You for always working a plan for our good and Your glory. Help us to not carry the weight of our mistakes and things that did not go the way we thought they should. Help us to trust You in all things. Your ways are perfect and higher than ours.  Amen

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1

Thank you for reading and sharing my blogpost today. Please share your thoughts, comments and experiences by replying below. May God richly bless you and your family today.