Well, I have been joking for a good long while that I was going to pray that the water at my reception be turned into beer. Now I 100% believe this is possible, and I’m now taking the step to saying that I’m serious about it. That is right, I’m going to pray that the water turn into either beer or wine. I’m starting now, because I think it will help build up my confidence. I’m writing this to tell some of my friends (or any of them that pray, and believe that this is even .0001% chance of happening) also pray with me about this. Rob has requested to say that “Our Lager” at the wedding, and while I don’t know if that is fully appropriate, he had a second approach that involved the saying “swell” or some such thing about how great it would be if the water did turn into beer.
I’m really thinking that this is possible, and I’ll give a few reasons, if you have a moment to read them click the link, and read the rest of the post.
1. This is a great evangelistic opportunity, as well as a good opportunity to open some eyes to what God really thinks about drinking in moderation. There will be a lot of non-Christians, or marginal Christians attending as well as devout Christians. The more devout ones would mostly be up in arms that we were drinking (minus my GodSearch friends and roomates)…especially since it is against the rules according to Ben Hoerr and Happy Leman the two more senior pastors of the church to bring alcohol in the building, and all my non / marginal christian friends would be like “hey, that is pretty damned cool,” and likely be much more interested in a God who loves us enough to supply beer at a non-beer party.
2. Lauren is 100% OK with beer or wine at the wedding if it is miraculously provided. She is the Bride, she makes the rules…not me, so no beer unless it comes in supernaturally.
3. I’ve been asking for a crazy kind of miracle for a long time now, like one I viewed personally instead of just hearing neat stories from people, so I figure I’m about due. Yeah, I’ve prayed for some people and their headaches have gone away, I’ve cast out things that would be difficult to classify as anything but demons, but I’ve never seen any large scale stuff. No cripple people walking, no deaf people hearing, blind seeing, regrown limbs, etc., so it is about time something like that happens. In fact, I know a bunch of people who haven’t seen anything near that cool, and it don’t hurt to play the percentages that say it is about time.
4. Finally, this is a cause everyone I know can get behind. Even my non-religious type of friends can’t deny that if there was a God and he in fact loves us, one definite way of showing it would be to provide free beer. All my other more devout Christian friends can also say, free beer = good, and would be a hella excellent story to tell to people someday down the road.
It is funny, I seriously don’t have nearly as selfish motivations for this like I did at first when I jokingly mentioned it. I really don’t want to be anywhere close to inebriated when I leave the reception, so what good would it be for me to wish for selfish reasons to have beer at my wedding. I don’t need to impress anyone, I don’t care if I do, or if they don’t care…I just want to see something crazy happen that can’t be attributed to anything other than God. You know…his glory, not mine kind of thing. Finally, who can complain about a open bar that didn’t cost me anything.
Edit: I wanted to quickly reference the “Our Lager” just so people would know what I’m talking about…it is a hilarious remake of the Lords Prayer based around beer. I’m cutting a version of it below from a random google search.
Our Lager,
which art in barrels,
hallowed be thy drink.
To thy brewery we will come,
Thy will be drunk,
at home as it is in the tavern.
Give us this day our foamy head,
and forgive us our spillage’s,
as we forgive those who spilled against us.
And lead us not to incarceration,
but deliver us from hangovers.
For this is the beer, the Bitter, the Lager.
BARMEN