Our Wedding - A Glimpse of All We've Received from God
Our wedding was a very special day for Margaret and me. More than anything it was a day for us to praise God for who He is and what He has done in our lives. It was also a day where we once again experienced the church in action. Without our friends from Gracepoint, the day would not have been possible.
From the beginning, Jessica volunteered to take charge of helping us with the wedding ceremony and Shufei volunteered to take charge of our reception. They helped us with planning, running errands, coordinating help, and making everything happen on the day of. From setting up the sound equipment, to decorating, to ushering the guests, to transporting the gifts, to playing the music, everything was done by our friends from our church. Then at the reception, different groups such as our college friends as well as the ministry groups that we have helped out with had prepared very thoughtful presentations to show their appreciation and give us their well-wishes.
All of our relatives, coworkers, classmates and friends were so impressed -- many told us that it was the "most meaningful", "most entertaining" wedding they'd ever been to. One of my coworkers said to me, "You have such incredible friends. I wish I had friends like yours." When we told them that the only people we hired for this whole wedding were the photographers and that everyone else were friends volunteering their help, our guests were even more impressed and amazed.
At the end of it all, we both felt overwhelmed by the care and support of our church. It was but a glimpse of all that we have received from God over the years here at Gracepoint. God's love manifested through the detailed and concrete love of the members of the church -- this is what we have experienced time and time again over the past 9 years. We committed once again to likewise "live it out", and be this kind of channel of God's love to others.