"Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ."
Galatians 1:10
God loves irony, doesn't He? My devotional this morning was entitled "People Pleasers"... Okay, great. Good scripture from 1 Samuel and wasn't Saul crazy for trying to please his people instead of God?! Ha. Famous last words.
After reading, I hurried off to a meeting with our caterer and cake baker for the wedding. Little did I know that the meeting would stress me out! The ladies were very helpful and I'm so grateful for their input, but it sort of hit me all at once how much we have left to do for the wedding... So after this meeting, I stopped by Adam's office to have a quick "cool down" session. He, as usual, was patient and calm. He reminded me (again!) that our wedding is just one day. And we'll still be married at the end of it regardless of whether I have enough seat covers or not! I listened for the most part and said "I know, you're right" in the appropriate places, but apparently I didn't really get it because 5 minutes later I snapped at him over nothing! He was simply trying to help and I shut him down :(
I quickly apologized and Adam graciously forgave me. But later I remembered my devotional from earlier in the day... :/ Who am I trying to please for July 14?! My Mom? His Mom? All of our guests? Who am I kidding? I can't please ALL of those people!!! And I shouldn't even try. We believe that God brought us together for the purpose of marriage and because of that we are joyfully following His leading on July 14. The ONLY purpose for the day is to be married in obedience to Christ! What a relief :) I'm sure that these last couple of weeks until the wedding will not be easy. I will likely have another stress moment. But hopefully next time, I'll remember today's lesson before I snap at someone and before I lose my focus from His purposes.
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