Wedding Top 10.

It's finally here... the weekend that I feel like I have spent years planning, ever since I was a little girl and was allowed to play dress up in Kay's wedding dress. The packing, organizing and planning is coming to an end. I am about to spend my last night in my parents house as Lindsay HAMILTON. Thinking back over the last 11 months, I have quickly gathered a top 10... things I would pass along to someone planning their own wedding, things I might have done differently, or things that I really liked during the whole process. In no particular order...

1) Wedding planning screams color coded, organized, labels, folders, tabs... for my OCD/planning personality, this aspect of wedding planning was PERFECT.

2) Wedding planning is hard. Yes, its fun... but its also hard. You have families to juggle. Decisions to make. Opinions to consider. Don't lose the excitement that you feel in those first few days because it will carry you and remind you of what's most important.

3) No matter how many times you check the Weather Channel app. the week of your wedding, the weather is still going to be HOT. It's June. Come on now. So save yourself the trouble and just delete the app.

4) Creating your gift registry allows your future hubby to run around the mall, scan everything in sight, throw in some James Bond moves and pretend like he understands the difference in sheet thread count. But you only get to do this once... so let him scan the ridiculous soap dispenser, make crazy sounds as he "shoots" your china pattern, and just laugh.

5) Getting your RSVP cards in the mail is like Christmas every day, times like 10 if you get a whole bunch of them in your mailbox.

6) Weddings don't just bring two families together, but also groups of friends from all stages of your life. Seeing these people hang out, get along, and build new memories has been one of my most favorite parts.

7) Choose a dress that makes you feel like a princess.

8) Enjoy the little things... like putting the stamps on your save the dates. Gathering addresses. Creating a wedding website. Calling you fiance for advice or his opinion. You get this one moment... enjoy it.

9) Remember what is important. Flowers die. Cake goes bad. Your dress will be boxed up one day. But your marriage is lasting.

10) Revel in the fact that for one year or eleven months, you get to celebrate everything you love about your fiance. You get to plan the day you have dreamed of and in the end, you get to marry your best friend. There is nothing sweeter.

Worry.

Hi blog world... it's been a while. Between showers, moving, wedding crafting, and just life, I now have about 5 posts waiting to be written... but this one just couldn't wait.

With 16 days left until our big day, the list of to-do's is constantly growing, the anxious feeling is continuing to grow and little worries are starting to creep in... is it going to be insanely hot? Will it rain? Is the cake going to taste like I remember? Will our guests have as much fun as we hope they do?

This morning when I checked my "Jesus Calling" app, the words didn't sink in until after a conversation Travis and I had this afternoon. Funny how that always happens. The words were such a profound reminder that I had to share... hoping you find comfort or assurance in God's promise.

God's presence is with us a promise... many things can block that awareness, but the major culprit is worry. We as God's children tend to accept worry as an inescapable fact of life. However, worry is a form of unbelief. Who is in charge of our life? If it is us, then we have reason to worry. But if it is God, then worry is both unnecessary and unproductive. When we start to feel anxious about something, we need to relinquish the situation to God. We need to back off and redirect our focus to Him. He will either take care of our problems or show us how to handle them. In this world, we will have problems, but we need not lose sight of Him. 

Luke 12:22-31