“Planning my wedding was one of the most trying and wonderful and exhausting and fulfilling experiences of my life. From choosing a date and time to compiling the guest list to finding the dress, the details quickly became overwhelming.
“While my fiancé and I enjoyed the anticipation leading up to the big day, stress and worry clouded some of our pre-marital bliss.
“In the end, our wedding and reception went off without a hitch, but there were definitely some things I wish I had known before organizing the biggest party of my life. Here are a few suggestions I picked up along the way that may help you through the process:
To continue reading this article article titled “Tips for Tying the Knot”:
The following is a fun marriage proposal that one man put together. PLEASE NOTE: If you are this creative in romancing your spouse to be … don’t neglect to put the same energy into romancing your beloved after the wedding. If you do that, you will be rewarded by happiness for the rest of your lives together.
To see this creative marriage proposal, please click here:
• SURPRISE PROPOSAL INSIDE OF A MUSEUM
There are a few additional articles that you could find helpful in planning and organizing your wedding as well, the first two are posted on Dave Ramsey.com to help you financially plan for your wedding. The next one is posted on Crosswalk.com. And the other two are posted on the web site Bible.org. You can read these articles by clicking on the following links:
• 5 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR WEDDING FROM BREAKING THE BANK
• PLANNING YOUR WEDDING ON A BUDGET
The following is an idea for having a backyard wedding, which can be fun, cost effective, and unique. Click onto the link to see a pictorial explanation:
• THE BACKYARD WEDDING (titled: “Wedding Album”)
Also, there is an article posted on About.com which has quite a few tips for those who are planning a Christian ceremony, and then another article from Crosswalk.com which gives suggestions for simplifying your wedding. Please click onto the links below to read:
• PLANNING YOUR CHRISTIAN WEDDING CEREMONY
And then there is the unexpected —things that happen at your wedding and honeymoon that you didn’t plan. For example, when I went to grab on my wedding veil to take to the church on our wedding day, I saw that the veil had been torn somehow. I was horrified wondering how this could have happened since it was hanging “safely” behind my bedroom door. Upon examining it closer, I found out that our cat had somehow found a way to chew on it and shred parts of it.
Amidst my tears, my mom remembered a friend of hers who did alterations. Eventually the veil was properly cut so it didn’t even look like there was a chewing and shredding incident beforehand. Although it was a lot shorter, the veil still looked presentable. (But I can tell you that I was a little less trusting and happy with our cat from that day forward.)
I can now laugh at this as one of many things that happened despite the fact that we made such careful plans for things to go smoothly. We can plan all we want, but things happen!
I also see that things happen in life, which we make a bigger deal out of, than we should. Some things could be viewed as temporary set-backs, some things can “help to make us stronger” in the context of living in this unpredictable world, as well as the fact that some things can just be seen as laughable. The world didn’t end that day when we encountered problems, and it’s better to laugh than to cry sometimes.
As you carefully plan your wedding, try to remember to breathe and take “unplanned” as well as planned things a little more in stride as being less important in the grand scheme of things. You can sometimes drive yourself and others around you, more than a little crazy when you allow wedding plans to grow bigger than life in their importance. Remember to breathe and take things a bit easier.
Yes, this is a sacred occasion, but sometimes, you can’t always plan for everything that might come your way, so try to take what comes in stride and relax as much as you can during the planning stage and during the ceremony. Love and laugh and exhibit grace along the way.
To help you to see this a little clearer (and to give you something that could possibly make you smile a bit) we’d like to lead you to a few incidences where others found themselves in situations that were unplanned on the day of their wedding.
Please click to view the following You Tube bloopers:
• FUNNY WEDDING BLOOPERS – Part 2
The above article was written by Cindy Wright of Marriage Missions
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