Wedding Songs

Twenty years ago today was our wedding. It was back in the day, kids, before bridezillas and only-strapless wedding dresses. There are things I would do differently today, things that went wrong that day - but as we walked for coffee this morning, we remembered that the chief feelings of the day were joy and delight.

Not every day since has been so light-filled, and the last year in particular has had its hardships, but it's still a great life and I'm very thankful to share and create it with Dave.

Here are the two songs we had sung at our wedding:

Lord of light, oh come to this wedding
Take the doubt and darkness away
Turn the water of lifeless living
To the wine of gladness we pray

Mother Mary's gently requesting
That you might do whatever you can
Though she may be impatient she loves you
And so she asks what she can't understand

Lord of light, oh come to this wedding
Take the doubt and darkness away
Turn the water of lifeless living
To the wine of gladness we pray

So amidst the laughter and feasting
There sits Jesus full with the fun
He has made them wine because He is longing
For a wedding that's yet to come.


and


There is a joy in the journey
There's a light we can love on the way
There is a wonder and wildness to life
And freedom for those who obey

And all those who seek it shall find it
A pardon for all who believe
Hope for the hopeless and sight for the blind

To all who've been born in the Spirit
And who share incarnation with Him
Who belong to eternity stranded in time
And weary of struggling with sin

Forget not the hope that's before you
And never stop counting the cost
Remember the hopelessness when you were lost

There is a joy in the journey
There's a light we can love on the way
There is a wonder and wildness to life
And freedom for those who obey

And freedom for those who obey...