Difference of Opinions

So I am getting married on November 7, 2009. I have to Pastor picked, Tome Dawson of Lifechurch.tv South Campus and now it is time to find a church! I pick up the phone and ask the church if I can use "their" church for my wedding and I hear this....."yes, however you must use our minister and follow our rules." Um.....Okay, really?? So next church, same question...... However this time the response was.. "Are you a member?" I say, "No, but I do attend church regularly and we are very involved." She says, "Well you aren't involved here and unless you want to become a member we cannot let you use our facility." So on to the next church I go...same question. Now the response I got here was the best, I was so fired up that I cannot quote her but something along the lines of "you don't believe the way we do"! To which my response was, "YOU'RE RIGHT, I believe that my Lord and Savior owns your building, HE paid for it with HIS blood when he sacrificed HIMSELF for our sins, thank you for taking my call."

After many failed attempts at finding a church to hold the most important day of my life, I finally got in touch with my second choice Asbury United Methodist Church and they believe the way I do, who are we to say that someone cannot use Gods building to be united as one!!!!

Call me naive but never in a million years did I think that finding a church to have your wedding in would be as hard as it was unless you were an aethist! It was amazing to me to hear so many "other religons" tell me that they would not only not allow us to use our own Pastor but we cannot write our own vows, we cannot add or take away anything for their tradional wedding ceremony, and certainly could not add any of our own music!

So because this was such a rigorous experience I have decided that for the next 7 months I am going to blog about my wedding plans! I figure, not a lot of people read my blog anyway so I might as well post journal like entries about my wedding planning for myself!

Thanks for reading, if you do!!

A day in prayer

Lord, I pray that through this day of fasting you show both my friend Jessica and I the plans you have for our lives! I pray that you soften our hearts to the things of you and not the things of this world! God I pray for Dan and all the work that he has put forth towards tonights BIG SWITCH, Lord I pray that you are more present than ever! God I come before you and pray for all the students who will be arriving tonight for a "concert", that they may leave with you in there hearts! God, I ask that you consume them, that you shut the doors of evel in their bodies and you open a window of faith! God, I believ in your mercy and your power Lord I pray that you fill jessica with knowledge of you and that you speak thru her, me and all the leaders tonight to the students! God I pray that you bring them in by the droves, that you tear there walls down and that you fill them with grace, peace and mercy! Lord I pray that the students that do not know you find a leader and have them pray with them. Lord God I pray for Pillar Lord, that they use their music to show you glory and that students hear it and not only hear the cords being played but hear the words that you are speaking! God I just thank you, I thank you for all the wonderful people that are in my life, God I thank you that I am who and where I am! You have done yet another miracle! Lord, I thank you for the time that I get to spend with Jessica. Lord this relatioship is built on you, it is built thru you, and because of you. Lord God I just lift Jessica up to you Lord, curb her hunger and fill her with your love! Pour down on her your amazing grace!! Lord God I just praise you in all you do, have done and are going to do! Put peace in my heart and help me to stay expectation free! It is in your name I pray! AMEN!!