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Invited for a Reason

This will be my first post that isn't part of my social media class.  It's all me! 😁 Enjoy...

Over the weekend, my husband and I attended a wedding.  The bride is the daughter of some dear friends of ours.  In fact, 25 years ago this past month, Chad was the best man at their wedding and Steve was the best man at ours!

The wedding was beautiful!  It was so much fun watching the bride and groom and all their friends have such a good time.  But during the ceremony and speeches, people kept saying how those in attendance played an important part in the bride and grooms lives and I would almost cringe.  I haven't seen the bride in person since she was a little girl and we'd never met the groom.  How could we have played an important part in their lives??  What were we even doing at the wedding?  Why were we invited?

Over the past few days I've thought about this, and of course I remembered "God Works in Mysterious Ways"...

As I said, Chad and I have been friends with Steve and Martie for a long time.  When we were dating, we spent time together.  When we were all newlyweds, we leaned on each other.  When Chad and I were the first to have a baby, we all learned how to be parents!  When our kids were little, we would get together and watch them play.  Over the years, life has gotten busy.  We haven't been able to see each other as much as we would have liked.  But, we've still kept in touch; we've prayed for each other; we've helped out each other's kids whenever we could.

Isaiah 46:9-10
    Remember the things I have done in the past.   For I alone am God!
                    I am God, and there is none like me.  
    Only I can tell you the future  before it even happens.
    Everything I plan will come to pass,     for I do whatever I wish.

Only God knows exactly what part we've played in other's lives! It's all part of His plan.  What He has done in the past leads to the future He had planned for us all along.  The bride's family invited us to the wedding so they must have wanted us there...  and it wasn't for our dancing skills! 💃 Our past experiences together made us who we are today and who our children have become.

So, next time you're invited to an event - especially when it's a mailed invitation - don't think you shouldn't have been invited!  You are important to those people, you've played an important part in their lives, go an enjoy yourself!!


Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 30, 2020 at 8:10 AM

    YES!!! I would not have known how to change her diaper without practicing on T! We would never have survived those early years in Indy without you both... the only family we had within 200 miles.

    I LOVE this line - "Our past experiences together made us who we are today and who our children have become."
    Exactly!

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  2. NKGJuly 3, 2020 at 8:58 PM

    I enjoyed reading your blog, Kim! What a great reflection on your experience at the wedding and your relationship with friends. I hope you will keep blogging after the Purdue social media class.

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