DAY 65

Today I am grateful for: sunny skies and answered prayers

The day began looking very bleak – with grey and rainy skies. With an outdoor ceremony planned for 3pm there were a lot of prayers heading skyward that the sun would make an appearance. Alison and I discussed our scepticism that God actually answered prayers regarding the weather.

Deep down I think we believed that God has much better things to do (like curing cancer and saving lives) than to spend his time on our seemingly unimportant (and a little selfish) prayers about nice weather for a wedding.

Slowly, throughout the morning and early afternoon the rain lessened, the clouds lifted and our hopes increased. Chairs were set outside the tent (risky we know). The guests gathered, the music started and just as the bride began her walk down the aisle… the brilliant afternoon sun came out.

We will never know if God had that sunny-sky planned all along, or if those heartfelt prayers persuaded him to change his mind. Regardless, I learned an important lesson today – never underestimate the power of prayer and God’s understanding of the things that are important to the ones he loves.

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Here are some other pics I snapped off today. I LOVE the one with Kael pulling Alison’s earring. The look on her face is the exact one that my brother, Brian, gets from time-to-time. Priceless.