Before the Wedding

Well, I'm back! It's been a while but that's okay. While Bethany will be taking you on the Weddings and Water journey, I'll be starting a new series called Before the Wedding, affectionately known as BTW.
So here we go...

Before your wedding there are A LOT of things you need to prep for. It can be pretty stressful if you don't know how to handle it. Below is a list of things that will be discussed in the series. We'll be taking each thing one by one to help you better know how to handle them.

1. Budget~ Know how much you want to spend on: dresses, ceremony, reception, etc.
2. People~ Know who you want to have in and at your wedding
3. Colors~ What are your colors? Have 1-3 colors. Four is just distracting.
4. Place~ Where is it going to be? At home or abroad?
5. Food~ Budget matters!!!! How many people are coming? A lot or a little? A suggestion: a little- sit down dinner, a lot- dessert and drinks only
6. Music/Dancing~ DJ or quartet? Are you going to dance?
7. Dresses~ David's Bridal or designer dress? Are you paying for wedding attendants dresses? Will they be the same dress or different? Will they be the same color of different colors?

These are all questions that you need to ask to prep for the wedding. Now, don't freak out! I know it's a lot but they are necessary things to do. They are stressful though, so make sure and have some fun time with your buddies or some quality time with your husband to be.

But wait! That's not all! On top of all the physical prep there's also emotional prep.

Marriage isn't temporary. It's permanent, eternal, forever. As you are about to get married you need to prepare for marriage mentally as well so that you can be a good spouse. Once you become man and wife, you're eternally bound together. Like Bethany said, water is a great symbol of marriage. It signifies purity and cleanliness. In some ways your marriage should be like water. Did you know that surface tension is a phenomenon that allows the molecules of a liquid to bond together and not break? Your marriage should be like that. You, your husband, and family should hold together even when things are tough. Last time I checked, the wedding vows say, "till death do us part" not "unless it doesn't work out do us part". I hope you understand the serious beauty of the gift and treasure of marriage.

So now that I've given you a little (okay a lot ;-P) bit of what BTW is going to be like, I hope you'll look forward to more! I'm going to stop rhapsodizing now!