Perspective on a wedding.

This weekend I was privileged to be an usher in my wife's niece's wedding - I guess by marriage, that makes her my niece too. Anyway, Veronica a beautiful 33 year old woman married Rob a totally cool 37 year old from her home town, Marysville, KS. This story is amazing because it absolutely proves how God makes great things come from some of our most painful life circumstances - when we are open and willing to receive His grace.
Veronica is a very bright and talented lady - valedictorian of Marysville High School in Marysville, KS. then valedictorian of Benedictine College in Atchison KS four years later. The irony of this story we find out later is that her then future husband Rob followed the exact same path just four years ahead of Veronica. So while they kinda new each other's name, they really never got to know each other and never spent time at either school together. Veronica majored in music and took her first job in Leavenworth, KS working with middle school and high school band students. She excelled there and enjoyed her time in Leavenworth very much. Things changed however, budgets were cut, Veronica was passed over in a political wrestling match for the job she really wanted and deserved so she left the Leavenworth public school system and found a job in Satanta, KS. Where in the world is Satanta, KS we all asked???? Anyway, she went because that is where the job was - but Veronica was fairly miserable way out there so far from family and friends. After a year she returned, dejected and burned out, to Marysville where she moved back in with her parents. 30 years old, highly trained and highly skilled - but unable to find that perfect position. Veronica began to work at the grade school helping where she could part time in the music department. Enjoying being back home, but also dealing with trying to figure out what she wanted to do with her life. Then in Catholic Mass one weekend she saw Rob - they began to talk. Realized they had much in common - very much in fact. Both of these 30 somethings, not yet finding their perfect mate return to their home town some 12 years later to find each other. Rob returned home to take over the family commercial realestate business. Veronica now working full time at the elementary school - their old elementary school.
The happy ending of course was this weekend when these two, really wonderful souls were united together in Holy matrimoney. It was an amazing service, an amazing reception - just a fantastic weekend all together. Mainly because these two people who were patient - waiting for God's devine guideance - and after much pain, dejection, and even failure - find each other for what seems to be the perfect union of souls. Yes I cried at the wedding, mainly because of the power of all of this - it was, quite frankly, overwhelming to think about. God is good and truely wants the best for us.
But wait there is even more to this story.....the really amazing part of the story is that Veronica had saved herself for this perfect union. The day of her wedding she removed the chastity ring she had worn all those years and replaced it with her wedding ring. And now the two become one flesh - just as God had ordained it. God is good - Life is good! What a glorious weekend!