It was a royal day in our house today. I don’t mean we had a visit from someone from the royal family or anything. The day was just filled with hours of television tuned to the proceedings and the analysis of the royal wedding of Harry and Meghan.
I’m not much of a royal family follower. I have a hard time identifying anyone past the next in line to the throne. But my wife, Lily, can recognize pretty much anyone who has a remote chance of being the king or queen.
I wasn’t sure if she would be getting up at 4 am to start watching the festivities, but she discovered that we have a PVR so she decided to sleep in a bit and watch the pregame show later.
When I left for hockey at 6 am, all was quiet at our house, but by the time I got back at around 8 am, the TV was definitely on and tuned in.
She kept channel surfing too, not to see what else was on but to check out the quality of coverage on the other networks.
I, however, had lots to do and didn’t really have time to watch a wedding. After all, I’ve performed many weddings; I didn’t need to watch one on TV.
But there it was; I couldn’t get around it. So I found myself watching some of the ceremony and that long, tedious drive around town in a buggy.
They could have gotten to the reception in about one minute, but they took a ride in a horse-drawn carriage down a road they called, “The Long Walk”.
I noticed the horses acting up a little, so maybe they found it to be a long walk as well.
This wedding captured Lily’s attention. She didn’t want me to make any comments about the hats and fascinators, or any of the people in attendance.
She didn’t even like me singing along to “Stand By Me” when the choir sung. She just wanted to soak it all in without any distraction.
I couldn’t help thinking that at hockey a few hours earlier no one in the dressing room had mentioned the wedding. And no one was in a hurry after hockey to get home to see it.
… That’s not to say that I didn’t have any comments to make about the wedding.
There were a few things I noticed:
Oprah Winfrey seemed to be walking around aimlessly in a daze. Elton John didn’t seem to like the sermon from the Bishop. He had his nose turned up when the camera was on him.
The Queen must have forgotten her glasses, because she was all bent over when they sang the hymn. She could barely see the words.
The bride’s mother seemed to be more sad than happy with everything that was going on.
The commentators yammered on way too much about nothing.
And Prince Phillip was walking really well for a guy in his late 90’s who’d just gotten a new hip!
Those are just some of the things I noticed.
Here’s the thing: When something impressive, something that is bigger than life comes along, it captures our attention. We take notice and pause to take it all in. God has given us His Word, which is filled with insight into Him and what He wants us to know. Don’t act like you don’t have access. Let it capture your attention every day.
That’s Life!
Paul
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