While delivering remarks at a wedding tonight, I said, “In
just a minute, here, we’re going to get to the fun stuff.” I was referring to the wedding vows.
The little Ring Bearer who was standing with the groomsmen
in the front of the congregation suddenly snapped to attention. And with some excitement he said—in a voice
that everyone could hear, “What fun stuff!?!”
The congregation erupted in laughter.
It was the genuine curiosity in his voice that helped make
this moment amusing. I had been droning
on with talk about unity; and thoughts about Genesis chapter 2; and how, in
God’s eyes, the groom and bride are “one flesh.” We can all understand that this
information—though quite fascinating to me—wouldn’t have been very interesting for
a little boy, right?
And then in the midst of all this dry talk he heard the
phrase, “fun stuff.” Who can blame him
for zeroing in on it?
When he stood up straight and looked around asking, “What
fun stuff?” You could tell that he was
honestly curious and he was honestly hoping that something fun was actually
going to happen.
Unfortunately, when we did finally get to the vows I suspect
they still weren’t quite as fun as he was hoping they would be. (After all, wedding vows rarely involve something
really fun like, oh, let’s say… laser tag.)
But I should note that the bride and groom seemed to like
them!
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