Christopher & Elizabeth
There’s going to be a wedding.
Weddings are full of hope and new beginnings. Those who are married remember why. Those who aren’t wonder why. And those who are getting married move to center stage. They know why. That’s why they are here.
Something has happened. Something is blossoming. Something is so strong that we have all arranged our schedules to witness it. A fire is burning and we all want to warm our hands by it. A miracle has happened. Two souls have found each other in the blurring maze of humanity and the world has stopped to take note. Two are becoming one, and then they will jump suddenly to 3… 4… 5… Who knows? It’s an odd form of math.
Right now there is invincibility to this love. If there is enough love and confidence to get these two to this point, there will be enough for life. Otherwise they wouldn’t be here. They wouldn’t have gotten this far. Doubt would have stopped them. Some small molehill would have grown into a mountain. But these two have had all barriers fly away. They only see a clear path down this aisle – two paths converging into one. They come to the altar from two separate entrances – two separate doors – but they will walk out together. There’s only one path out of here and that does not scare them because that’s the way they want it.
Of course there will be challenges; there will be difficulties. There will be failures and disappointments. There will be revelations about who this person is they married that they did not see before. But there will also be large doses of forgiveness, patience, and second chances. For in this crucible of marriage, they will each find out who they are, and what they are made of. But most importantly, they will find out that the love that got them here for this day will be enough to see them through all their tomorrows. And though today they think the love they have wears the face of the other, they will find out that face eventually blends into the face of Christ, the Son of God who is love Himself.
And of this love there is enough, and tomorrow there will be enough, and for all eternity there will be enough – enough not just for these two, but for us all… every one of us.
There is going to be a wedding.
John Fischer The Catch 
My daughter got married in September. It was beautiful. When I returned to the school, I learned we needed to close the cafeteria and reduce the bus routes for students. We let one teacher leave in hopes of having enough money to pay the rest of us for most of the year. But the Lord has blessed us with more than we could imagine. The Superintendent left, so that two more teachers could stay. Our new Business Manager found money to pay off 3 years of past due bills, finished 3 years of paperwork for grants, and even comes to our rural location twice a month to help with any other issues that have come up. Each of us has assumed extra duty. I am now “interim Head Teacher” in addition to teaching High School Math and Science full time. We have 3 other full time and 2 part time teachers for our 37 kids in Kindergarten to 11th grade. We might even have 2 students graduate (if they passed the state test, or finish extra courses). We reopened the Cafeteria and it now makes enough money to begin repaying the debt it generated in the past two years. And all the staff has said how we could not have done this on our own, it is amazing what the Lord has done to keep our school open. We started with the encouragement of my daughter’s wedding. You have a wedding in the middle of problems. The same Lord protecting us is also working in the “Catch” community. We took a 10% pay cut to stay open. We may get some of it back next month. I have contributed more today in recognition that the Lord is in charge, and my pay check is not what changes my world. I hope my small amount helps to change your situation.
Wow, I am so humbled and encouraged by your “wedding in the midst of problems.” I pray ours will do the same. Thank you.
Congratulations to the “lovely” couple [apologies to the groom 😉 ], and may the Lord continue to bless them as they join their lives together!
And the Lord may have something extrspecial in mind for you, John and Marti, as in Susan’s situation.
Thank you for sharing this with us. In honor of the marriage this past Saturday of my son to his lovely bride, I’d like to make a monthly pledge for this next year. My son is an incredible testimony to God’s grace, having been imprisoned several years ago for having an online chat with a teenage girl. His new family is a strong Bible believing missionary family and they have seen him through Christ’s eyes and welcomed him into their family. Your ministry has helped us get through a very difficult time and now that God is restoring what the locusts have eaten, I’d like to say thank you. God will bless you through this difficult time.
Thank you. This is so kind and so encouraging.
Thanks for this, John. It’s pure poetry. Some day I hope to have an occasion when I can say, “John Fischer once wrote, ‘There’s going to be a wedding….'”
… “Making Real What I Already Believe”, ch. 17… John Fischer, 1991
… is “absolute must reading”. If you haven’t read it, you have no idea how impoverished you are.
And there will be a wedding soon…
… and we will be face to face with our Bridegroom.
Oh, Glorious Day !
Wow. Thanks for this reminder. Yes, it’s time again.