We are making a few little things for the wedding.
Yesterday, we were rolling napkins, Sis and I.
Handsome had made me over a hundred and sixty yellow paper circles to serve as napkin rings.
I enjoyed sitting across the table from Sis rolling napkins.
She talked about her time as a waitress while we worked.
Later, it was Jase and Anne sitting around the table with me.
Anne and I were folding pinwheels from gray paper and Jase was tracing holders for the flower petals.
(We are not allowed to throw rice or birdseed, so we will be throwing rose petals.)
Today, along with homeschooling, I’m hoping to finish the pinwheels.
I’m also planning on doing some staging.
Since we live so far away from the bride, she can’t see the decor.
Therefore, I’m going to set one table up with all the items and take a picture and send it to her.
I plan on doing this for all the decor that I can.
These pictures will be with lists of the items required, inside numbered totes.
I’ve been putting together totes with numbers to correspond with my decor list.
The plan is to have all of it together for when we go to set up.
That way I am not trying to explain each area, nor handle everything myself.
Hopefully, it will streamline both the setting up and the taking down.
It’s been such a journey.
Learning to live differently.
I’ll be honest, sometimes I feel frustrated over all the limitations.
But each time I do, it’s like a warning light.
Reminding me that’s not the proper way to see it.
God has allowed all these changes and many of them I’m very thankful for.
I think of Job’s words:
Job 2:10 KJV — But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job didn’t sin with his lips, because his heart was right before God.
He didn’t understand all the changes in his life, but he served God faithfully.
I want to walk in the same way.
To accept either “good” or “bad” in life as an opportunity to walk with the Lord.
Because most of the time, my perspective calls something either “good” or “bad” depending upon how I feel or perceive it.
Obviously, God’s view point is far superior.
As we put the finishing touches on the last details for the wedding, I want to remember.
No matter how it all comes together nor how different it all has to be due to the current restrictions, it’s a wonderful moment.
The beginning of a new family.
Praise the Lord!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank You for all the changes. Thank You for allowing the things I do not always understand nor want. For I know I can trust You completely. Lord, thank You for teaching me and my family so much through all these changes. Please continue to hone our hearts, to guide our steps, and to guard our words, that we might not sin against You. I love You, Jesus. Amen.
patientlyhopeful 