Mr & Mrs Fish

You may have noticed that I have been a little scarce of late.  Well…

I had a good excuse, I promise.

On 5 November 2011, I married the fabulous Dori.  It was a beautiful service, and Dori and I were able to make it exactly what we wanted, and exactly what reflected who we both were, and who we were as a couple.

We had a reading from Psalm 139:1-18, which is not your usual wedding reading.  However it tied in beautifully with our chosen song, which was In Christ Alone. 

(Love that song.)

We both realise that this union would not have been possible without God’s provision, and so for us it was important to make sure we sought His blessing on the day, and committed to putting Him as the head of our lives for the rest of our lives together.

Plus we really had an AWESOME time!!!

Thank you to everyone who prayed for us:  Both before we found one another, and since.  Thank you to everyone for the congratulations messages, and all your thoughts and prayers.  As a thank-you gift I will be posting a series soon called “I have a wife and…” which examines the similarities between our relationship with our spouse and our relationship with God.

Stay tuned… the FISH is back in town.

(All pictures are from the actual wedding.)

Remember, remember…

 

Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...

For those of you not born in a British colony, 5 November might mean nothing.  (Unless of course you watched V for Vendetta.)

But on that day this year, something quite memorable will happen.  At approximately 1PM (local time) I will be marrying the fabulous Dori. 

And no, we will not be serving fish at the wedding. 

It really is quite exciting, and will be the end of an interesting journey that has led us both to where we are today.
But also the start of an even more exciting and interesting one, methinks.

Tomorrow I will be telling you a little more about how we met, but in the meantime, just enjoy the picture above.  Yes, that really is both of us.  Don’t we just have the most talented Wedding Photographer in the world?

She said “yes”

HOO HA HA!!!

Today I asked the fabulous Dori to be my fish-wife, and she said “yes.”

The story of how we got together is just an amazing one filled with GOD’s hand.  Clearly even His infinite patience was wearing thin with us trying to get it right on our own. 

This day is just made of pure awesome!

Hoo Ha Ha!

FISH in the Reads/Reeds

I love to read. 

On a good day, I can devour an entire fiction novel in one sitting, maybe over a weekend for larger books.

Yet I have never really spent a lot of time reading Christian fiction.  That’s right, I still consider Frank Peretti to be the cutting edge of edgy spiritual fiction, and that nobody can top C.S. Lewis for some good fantasy.

But I am aware of the fact that there is an entire world of inspirational Christian Fiction out there.  I even aspire to write it one day.  So I suppose it was about time that I learned to appreciate it.

So it is probably a good thing that my girlfriend, Dori, is quite an expert on Christian Fiction.  She has been introducing me to works by Ted Dekker, Adam Blumer and others.

(She also likes Twilight, but nobody’s perfect.)

So while up until now I have been reviewing Christian Non-Fiction books on this blog, I will now be starting a new series called FISH in the Reads (Fish in the Reeds.  Get it?)  If I am going to be a FISH (Faithful in Serving HIM) then I need to be soaking myself in good, Christian Fiction as well as the secular fiction I read.  So I will be looking (possibly with some help) at how we can serve God in our reading patterns.

Do you read Christian Fiction?  Can you recommend anything/anyone?
Do you think it matter whether we read Christian fiction or not?

Why I have been scarce lately

Once upon a time, a few short weeks ago, I was swimming along, minding my own business…

 

 

…when I met another Fish.

Her name was Dori, and yes she is a natural blue.

 

 

 

So over the weekend we sort of officially hooked up.

I like fishing.  Sometimes you get some interesting catches.