Today is the day – I will be married by 6 PM this evening. It is surreal to think that this is happening within twenty-four hours. It was three weeks ago that I realized that the wedding was in three weeks. From six months ago until then I upheld my belief that it was in six months. Now the planning is almost through – it never ends until we drive away from the reception! After the wedding, the honeymoon, and finally the marital bliss should start setting in soon.
Oh, and yes, I did manage to sneak some Barth into the wedding. On the program I have printed:
‘Love does not question; it gives an answer. Love does not think; it knows. Love does not hesitate; it acts. Love does not fall into raptures; it is ready to undertake responsibilities. Love puts behind it all the Ifs and Buts, all the conditions, reservations, obscurities and uncertainties that may arise between a man and a woman. Love is not only affinity and attraction; it is union. Love makes these two persons indispensable to each other. Love compels them to be with each other’. – Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics III.4
Wish us luck! I’ll write in a week. Cheers.

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May 25, 2009 at 10:23 pm
dave
Congratulations! I’ve been on a road trip with a good friend who is getting married in about a month.
July 6, 2009 at 7:07 pm
roger flyer
Congratulations Colin!
July 6, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Colin
Thanks to both of you! If Barth had been a blogger, he would have most likely added that “Love compels them to forsake their blogging and reading habits.”