"Ah ha"

I was thinking about all the different components of our wedding ceremony earlier and I kind of had a bit of an "ah ha" moment. In our ceremony we'll be serving each other communion and we'll also be washing each others feet.

Not only is communion a symbol of Jesus dying on the cross for us and his grace, but it also symbolizes community. During the bible times communion was shared when people ate together, building community, fellowship and intimacy with people.

Communion

Communion is "big" in David and my relationship. After we broke up in 2012 things were a little tense between us and we weren't really speaking to each other, almost like there was a wall up between up, but as God does He bashed it down.  We were at something at the church and Mel, who was leading, said we should all pray and ask God to reveal who we should serve communion to. The first person who jumped into my head was David. I was like, "Hell no, you've got to be kidding me", but Gad was like, "yes". I remember saying to God that I would do it but David must go first. The next thing I knew David was walking towards me with bread in his hand. I was like, "God, You win".  When we served each other communion, it was like God broke those walls and started healing in our friendship. I can't explain it, but He started something new that night.

We also shared communion with each other the night Dave proposed, which was really special because it was a way of including God in on it.

Feet Washing

Feet washing was a huge act of humbling yourself and serving someone in bible times. 

A few months before David and I got back together, Jojo had a dinner where we served the boys and got to pray for them. During the prayer session, God was like, "I want you to wash their feet." I was like, "ok". As I went around the circle I started to get really nervous and by the time I got to David, I was a pile of nerves. I remember looking up at him as I started to wash his feet and it was as though the last of whatever wall was still there as completely smashed away by God. It's crazy, but in that moment I also knew that I knew that David was still the one and I was willing to submit to God and let him do what he wanted to do in David's and my friendship and soon new relationship. It's hard to explain, but I just knew God was starting something new.

After I had finished processing all of this, I was like "ah-ha"! And then I got all excited about this, because God certainly knows what He is doing as He orchestrates our big day in 19 days time.

xKx