A Wedding When God Is Present

I found this incredible photo story from a few years ago. It was a wedding planned for a beach on the Chesapeake but rain drove us into a pavilion set back from the water. Still, it was one of the most intimate glorious weddings I've ever been involved in. The photographer captured the solemnity and the joy.

Mark and Rachel

(the link will ask you to download)

I don't know what to make of it, but God has shown up in some pretty incredible places that are not church buildings (and God's also shown up in some pretty incredible churches.)  I guess what it comes down to is people hungry to honor God with their lives - doesn't matter where.  Jesus corrected a woman at a well who wanted to know what place God showed up and Jesus said, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.  . . . But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way."  Guess the "where" isn't as important as the "who" (and "who" is plural - relationship with God and others in worship).

 

(And if you need a photographer for your wedding, we'll the pictures speak for themselves . . .)