I've had the pleasure of reading some lovely wedding scenes lately and it had me thinking about books that choose to include them. In noticing that a lot of the romances I read tend to end with either the couple finally confirming their relationship or possibly an engagement if there is an epilogue, I'm usually left wanting to know what the wedding will look like.
If there happens to be any wedding scene, it may be from the perspective of a character in the next book in the series, such as a bridesmaid or family member as a segue into their own story. However, I've found that when I get to read fuller descriptions of a wedding from either the bride or the groom's point of view that it seems to make the book feel more complete. That's not to say that a wedding should always be included, especially if the timing doesn't make sense, but they are wonderful to read about.
In terms of Christian weddings, I've always been curious as to how authors convey this. Sometimes it may be through a pastor's wedding sermon. Other times, it may be Christian music that is played. I imagine that there are all types of things that could happen in a ceremony, but I would love to know what scenes other readers have enjoyed seeing most.
For me personally, I always love it when the couple worships God together during the ceremony. Other things I like to read about are when the couple take communion together or certain Scripture is read. Because there are so many directions that a ceremony can go, has any author ever written in what happened in their own wedding?
I'll be honest in that if a wedding could work out in the book's timeline but it doesn't take place, I'm a little sad when all I see is a declaration of love, but without anything else. I'll sometimes watch for this if there are only a few pages left and there is still all this angst or unresolved issues between the male and female main characters—it can get a little agonizing 😄
I'm grateful that though marriage is in a way a culmination of events in a couple's life that this isn't where it ends. While I love the sense of being ushered into something new, I also know that a wedding is not the perfect panacea in life. Christ is. But what a wonderful picture of the ultimate wedding to come!
Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
“Hallelujah!
For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
Let us rejoice and be glad
and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
Fine linen, bright and clean,
was given her to wear.”
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)
Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”
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