Do you remember reading the wonderful testimony of the Waller family in the last issue of Above Rubies # 86 (they serve the vineyard farmers on the West Bank of Israel)?
This last weekend Colin and I looked forward to attending the wedding of their daughter, Victoria to Aaron Hood. Everyone was invited to come for the whole weekend to Kenlake State Park in Kentucky. We did not know the exact time the wedding would take place. It was to be a surprise-- a picture of waiting for the Heavenly Bridegroom who comes for His bride, but we know "neither the day nor the hour" (Matthew 25:13).
Colin and I drove up Saturday morning, thinking they surely wouldn't have the wedding before then! However, we arrived to find we missed the wedding! They blew the shofars in the night and the wedding was held at midnight, down by the lake in the moonlight--a glorious two and a half hour ceremony! We were slumbering and sleeping in our bed at home when the cry came, "Behold the bridegroom comes, go ye out to meet him" (Matthew 25:6)! Can you believe it? We missed!
However, although the ceremony was at midnight, we learned they were going to have the wedding feast at 3.00 pm on Sunday. We drove home again Saturday, and then drove up just in time for the feast after our Sunday service. We were glad we could at least be part of this wonderful celebration.
Love from Nancy Campbell