A (Really) Late Monday Rewind 4/15/2025
Sherry and I were in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas, for a niece’s wedding celebration this past weekend. My niece had gotten married the weekend before in a small ceremony with parents, siblings and a few close friends. This week we celebrated like it was ancient Jewish wedding…feasts Thursday night, Friday night and then Saturday night. Thursday night was at a local eatery. Friday night was at a really nice VRBO that belonged to one of the kids’ friends. And then Saturday night was at a venue for the “reception.” Cocktail hour, dinner and then the prerequisite dancing. It was a great time to be with family and friends.
However, getting to the wedding feast itself was not quite so great. Oh, the plane travel was good. It was the rental car portion of the trip that is where things went awry. Sherry and I had to update our driver’s license with our new address about 10 days before. They clip the corner of your driver’s license and then give you a temporary paper slip to use as your current driver’s license. The rental car company that Expedia included in my package didn’t like my current temporary paper driver’s license even though I had my clipped DL with me. They didn’t recognize it as a valid license and refused to rent us a car. Despite my best pleas that it was indeed a valid license in KS they didn’t relent. Luckily, I was able to get in touch with my brother who had arrived a day earlier and did have “valid” license. We were able to get around to all the venues and events with the help of family and a couple of Uber drivers. We even made it out to Red Rock Canyon to do some hiking even though it didn’t start so well.
Life is a lot like this past weekend. All of us have been invited to a wedding feast. In Revelation 19 we are told that theprophetic time of the marriage feast has arrived and that “blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the lamb.” We have been invited but just like this past weekend, there will be bumps in the road on the journey to the feast. We shouldn’t be surprised because Jesus told us we would have trouble…trials (Matt 6:34, John 16:33. 1 Cor 7:28). If you are a follower of Jesus, with the help of family – including your church family – you will make it to the feast one day and it will be great! We will celebrate and the trials will no longer be an issue. But before then, Sherry and I will have another wedding feast to attend to as my other niece in Henderson will get married in October ’26. We know there will be bumps along the way between now and then but it too will be a great celebration.
I want to remind you that this Saturday morning from 9 to Noon we will be readying the church for a great celebration of our own. You see there was a price to be paid for the wedding feast we attended this weekend. Someone had to pay for all the food and fun! The best part of that feast was it wasn’t me! The price paid for the wedding feast in heaven was paid for by Jesus on Good Friday. On Sunday we will celebrate that the cost of our sin – which would have kept us from being invited – was paid in full. Let’s invite those who need to hear of the hope we have in Jesus and then bring them to our “venue” for a celebration. We will also need help cleaning up after breakfast which will take place during our Life Studies hour at 9:10 am on Sunday.
See you this weekend! He has risen!
Pastor Rick
But you man of God, flee from all of this and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. I Timothy 6:11
