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Online Wedding (How to guide)

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Before I begin, the more personal account of the wedding (stories, experiences, highs and lows) could be found here . Prologue I know and I empathize to what some of you might say. And yes I have heard them. "I want the sort of wedding where there are hundreds of people looking at me in my white gown as I enter the hall in a shy manner" or "I would just love the colour coordination and theme that would be so cool" It would be so nice to have that dream wedding. That one day moment. And I totally get it. So allow me to respond to give context before providing you the guide. God instituted marriage and being married is a good thing (not the ultimatum). But in light of that, it is God that ultimately dictates how one gets married not the ideals of human traditions. Again not saying that those traditions are wrong. And if you are willing to wait to have that experience by all means. But marriage is a good design by God and when you have the biblical benchmarks ready one...

Journey of a persistent widow (Online Wedding)

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Journey of a persistent widow (Online Wedding) I figured that after all that has happened, I would need to document this down. My hopes for you readers is as you read this, you would be able to see the hand of God moving in this and that your response would be "Wow God, you truly are great" All glory to Him. If you are interested in how my in laws accepted me, the post is here . It is a very humbling experience. The photo itself reveals a snapshot of generally how getting married in 2020 has been. Before I share with you my story let me say that there has been polarizing views on our wedding. The first half are the ones who are in full support and are excited that we are getting married online. The second half think we are rushing things and being selfish in some sense. I will briefly respond to the second half first. First we are not rushing things, we are just getting things on schedule. No one ever told me that a marriage needs to have a great dinner with all the bells and...