God never has a plan B

This past Saturday October 6, 2012 was my son's wedding.  Actually, my son's second wedding.  Those are bittersweet words for a Mom "my son's second wedding".  Second wedding indicates one of two things has happened, death or divorce, and neither one are something you want to see happen in your child's life.  Both represent pain and heart ache, something a Mom never wants to see in her child.  But, we live in a world of sin and choice, and things happen.

In the past week I wondered, is this God's plan "B" for Chris?  God quickly stopped that train of thought, he repeatedly put Jeremiah 29:11 in front of me "For I KNOW the plans I HAVE for you, says the Lord.  They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."  God knew this day would happen long before Chris was born, God knew this day would happen long before I was born.  God KNEW it was His plan before the world began.

I know that to be true because only God could have planned in such detail and went so far out of the box to make this wedding day possible.

I watched Chris go through a lot, and I watched him cling to God, and I watched a strong faith and walk with God develop out of that.  And at the same time, I watched KC mature, and grow into a beautiful woman. I watched her faith develop and mature and become her own.  As those two paths paralleled I watched a friendship develop between the two.  I know they spend hours talking, openly, sharing their hearts in a way you do with a best friend not a boyfriend or girlfriend.  God was developing a strong foundation of open and honest communication between the two of them

I remember the day late last summer Chris came into the office and said what are we doing for lunch?  Mom, I will ride with you to get it.  When he volunteers to go with me that usually means he has something to tell me or ask me.  We had barely gotten in the car when he said "I know this is going to sound crazy, but I think I am developing feelings for KC.  I don't know how she feels, or if anything will ever come of it, or what to do about it, but I had to tell someone."

I watched the whirlwind, carnival ride develop over the next year, and Saturday we celebrated a beautiful, God centered wedding.  It has been neat over the last couple of weeks to have different people say I knew a year ago this would happen, or I saw it at this point.  I heard KC's Grandma Thursday night say. "I knew at KC's birthday last year Chris was in love with her."

I just want to say, KC you have always been God's plan for Chris.  I could not be happier to have you as a precious, treasured daughter.  What a blessing it was on Saturday to have the Brown, Sapp families and friends, join as one around these two. It was a beautiful day and I LOVE YOU BOTH.