May 31, 2004

• So In Love

  
  

  Every wedding I’ve been to in the last year, I find that there is something very remarkable about the bride.  I can sum it up in one word:
  
  Colleen:  angelic
  Melissa:  delighted
  Naomi:  radiant
  Melody:  beautiful
  
  Yesterday’s wedding:  Catmy was undoubtedly so in love.  I’ve never seen a bride so in love. 

  
  

  At the end of the evening, I had a chance at the bouquet.  It was completely tossed in my direction.  But I didn’t want it.  I watched it fall on the ground instead.  I realized after watching Catmy the whole evening that I wasn’t quite there yet.  I can’t imagine being so in love, so happy, knowing that this man is so right that I want to spend the rest of my life with him.  Seems like a distant dream.

  
  

  But I enjoyed the wedding a great deal.  It was the first time I was in a Vietnamese Christian context, and I relished every moment of it.  I understood what people were saying when they were speaking “the other language.”  Vietnamese – the language of my heart! 

  
  

  The pastor who was officiating floored me.  He was an older caucasin fellow who conducted the ceremony in both English and Vietnamese.  His Vietnamese was better than mine!  How could it be that this old white man had better Vietnamese than me??  I was totally drawn to him.

  
  

  I was also very drawn to this other fellow I got to speak to at the dinner table.  He was an english major.  English!  As soon as we started talking about literature and books, I came alive.  This begs the question again:  why am I not an English teacher?!

  
  

  I also met some girls from the bay area and got their contact info.  That encounter got me excited.  I realized that I can choose and create whatever life I want when I move up.  It’s like washing the black board and beginning all over again…  a new life!  I’m so excited.

  
  

  Seems like life is just a story waiting to happen.  What choice am I going to make?  What kind of story am I going to write?  So many wonderful options under the Sovereignty of One who loves. 

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