Prayer - Let the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts be always acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer.
Every preacher has a wedding story or two.
The problem was that this was Friday night, and of course the city offices were all closed on Saturday. To further complicate the problem, Saturday was St. Patrick's Day, and the huge celebration and parade through the city would make travel through it next to impossible. Of course the bride and groom started pleading with me to do the wedding anyway, and they'd deliver the license on Monday, as soon as the offices opened. Everyone imagines having a perfect wedding. But we know that such a thing exists only in fairy tales.