the wedding day

i'm back!!  i have a lot to blog about so hopefully i'll find some time to update this more regularly - now that i'm married :)

the wedding day was something i'll never forget.  i think it was a day a lot of people will never forget.  the day started with everyone obviously looking at the skies and waiting to see what God would have for us.  the forecast - tornadoes.  tornadoes.  in raleigh.  and we had an outside wedding.  with no real viable back up option.

i got my hair done - felt the nerves a bit.  i sat in the chair envisioning the day ahead.  after hair i headed over to the wedding location - montague lake.

the girls met me there, we had breakfast - though i ate barely nothing.  my stomach was a little knotted.  we continued watching out the windows.  saw a few sprinkles, dark skies, waited.

but then God did something huge.  the wedding song for the mothers to walk into came on.  we rushed out to the entrance to get ready for the processional.  the weather?  nothing.  overcast skies, but nothing further.

i have never in my life felt God's presence more than on this day.

here's dad and i walking in.  i actually was completely calm.  if you don't know much about me - this is a miracle.  literally a miracle.  i was calm.  i was collected.  i was completely in the moment.  right after this picture i think i got hit by a pinecone on the shoulder.  that was calming as well.

once down the aisle jonathan and i did our thing.  we said our vows, we gave our rings, we smiled a lot.  then the pastor prayed.

during the prayer pastor craig said something related to the Son and suddenly i felt sun beaming all over my shoulders.  the guests felt it too.  God was there with us.  it was the most memorable time of the wedding, and we are so blessed by what God did.

thirty minutes after the reception the skies opened and sent 62 tornadoes through raleigh.  downed trees, ripped roofs, porches dismantled.  we were untouched.  God held off this weather for us.  i couldn't feel more loved by a Savior that He looked at little jonathan and i and did such big things for us.  praise the Lord.  

love,

stacey lee