Pastor's Posting

A Wedding in My Future

Last Friday night my oldest daughter, Storey, became engaged to be married. Yes, my daughter is getting married. As you can suspect, I have had some strong emotions related to her decision.

First, the story on Storey. She graduated from TAMU (Whoop!) last May and set up residence in Waco to become a nanny for a family there. Prior to her decision to live there Kim and I invited a certain seminary student to live in our home as he served out an internship at Buckner Benevolences from August to December.

Graham (a graduate of Baylor), now Storey's fiance, (wow, that's strange to write) lived with us a month and a half in Storey's room before he ever met her. As God would have it, we came to like him before she did! This has been one of several "God things" we have watched happened throughout their relationship.

When they finally met and began to realize they had similar interests (early Owen Wilson movies) and shared a love for the Lord and a passion to serve him on mission, they soon found themselves in love. Over the past year or so, God has confirmed their love for one another and last weekend they promised each other they would marry and spend their lives together.

The coolest part of their relationship to me is that they are serving at a church in Waco designed to serve a blue-collar neighborhood. The church is in part of an abandoned 7-11 (which tells you how small it is) and it is growing and reaching those who live around them. They love the church and are learning to serve side-by-side in that ministry.

The strangest part of their relationship is they are both preacher's kids and want to serve the church even after seeing and knowing the underside of church work! Now that is of God...

Graham and I had "the talk" at breakfast a couple of weeks ago on Sunday before our services. We talked about his plans to marry and care for Storey. That was an easier talk than I had imagined because he truly is a man of integrity and loves God more than my daughter. He passed with flying colors! Kim and I truly have gained a son in all this.

They have not finalized the wedding date, but when they do, I'll let you know. Pray with me for their relationship and against all those things in life that pull marriages apart. You can count on another post or two as we get closer to the event.

We conclude our series "The Recovery Channel" this Sunday. You will hear Alan and Allison Ford's story of God's power in Alan's accident and recovery, and I will invite you into the story in John 9. We begin Found the following Sunday as we move toward Easter, April 16.

By the way, I posted some of my Monday morning thoughts from last week's message here. I will try this out for a couple of weeks, and if you enjoy the dialogue, I'll keep going. Feel free to comment now. If you missed the message, you can click here.

Posted by Gene Wilkes at March 8, 2006 03:11 PM