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Of weddings, of friends, and of marriage…….

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What a glorious day! I had the opportunity to marry two of my friends this afternoon at a ceremony at their home on the lake. It was a great blessing to see them so happy, and a real privilege for us all to be able to be a part. Shelly and Eric are a wonderful couple and clearly a couple the Lord has brought together. I am certain He has great plans for them both in the future as well.

Weddings are always such a blessing. It is a time to gather with family and friends before God and ask His blessing upon the couple. Their relationship at that point changes…..as the Bible says, the two become one flesh. The enter two people, and leave husband and wife.

What we know in this day and age however is that too many people make the wedding the big thing rather than the marriage itself. The wedding is just the event…..the marriage is to last a lifetime! Even right now, though they may look the same and feel the same about each other as they did at 4:30, in fact things have changed and are changing! People in marriage become something new, and when they realize that and take the very One who brought them together along in that new relationship, what they find is that blessings abound even more!

Congratulations this day to my good friends Shelly and Eric Wetzel! Thanks for letting me be a part of your lives and your special day! May your marriage be a blessing to you and to your family. And may all marriages grow and be strengthened by the Lord Himself, who calls men and women together to be one in His Name!

God bless you my friends!

Fr. Tom+

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Of weddings, cloudy days, and blessings……

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Today was a full, but unusual day. I had the service in Nashville of course, but I went there after having the opportunity to celebrate at the blessing of a marriage in Carmel at 1:00pm. Barbara Hansen and Tom Barrick became Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Barrick today in a ceremony outside at the Carmel Civic Center. It was a small but beautiful wedding and it was a real blessing for me to be a part! Thanks for that!
But Amanda and the kids left for the Edinburgh Outlet Mall at the same time I left for the wedding, so I had to meet them there on the way to Nashville. It really didn’t seem like too much for me to do, but after I stopped at Edinburgh to pick up my chauffeur (Scotty) and got to Nashville, about a third of the way into the service, I suddenly felt like I was in a deep fog!!! My sermon, which everybody said was great, was so difficult for me, and even Amanda came up to the front where I was sitting in the middle of the service to ask me if I was okay! I apparently looked like an animal hit with a tranquilizer dart (and I felt like one too) but after checking myself I found no dart….so I think it was just me! These episodes however are for me are frequent, but bothersome. I just keep plugging away however, through them all!
Fortunately for me, my chauffeur (still Scotty) was mine for the rest of the night, which made the 2 hour drive home a lot nicer! And the day, though partially cloudy (in my head), actually turned out very well! I love what I do, and I really love weddings! It is such a joy and a privilege to be a part of such a blessed event!
And now, even though the day is coming to a close, I am hearing one of my blessings suddenly crying from his crib! Life today continues to be full of blessings! And this last one probably needs his diaper changed!
So goodnight my friends and God bless!
Tom+