Lord, You are the One Who gathers according to Your will. Be the orchestrator of my guest list and bring those who need to meet with You. You know the desires of our hearts in terms of whom we long to have at our sides during the wedding. Please honor those according to Your will. And give me peace and grace through this difficult process. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Something that I wish someone had told me before my wedding day is that, inevitably, some guest will not show up.  Thankfully, I wasn’t keeping an eye on the name cards to see who was there and who wasn’t.  And most tables were full, so it didn’t look like anyone was missing. But there was. I…continued here