Murphy's Law @ Work in My Wedding

Finally, after 15 years the wedding of the century video is out.

We were able to transfer our wedding video from BETAMAX to DVD.
Hoooraaayy!

I have never seen this video ever.
Don't know actually if I really want to see it. Here's why:

Have you heard of the MURPHY's LAW?
Well, Murphy was all over us on our wedding day.

1. The Pigeons. During the exchanging of the vows, Pastor Steve can't help but be distracted when all our pigeons from the bell were off the hook. Flying everywhere, wishing they could find an opening. Whew! Finally they caught it. Mangled and brutally put back into the bell. Now during the program when we needed them to come out, some wise guy locked the bell so tight we couldn't open it. Haaaaayyyy! Murphy!

2. The audio recording of the prophecy. Double checked the tape. Cued to start. Instructed the tech guy. Then after the wedding I was trying to check the recording... Alas. The RCA jack was plugged on the "Playback" instead of the "record in" buttons. Grrrrr... Finally, I told Ivy to relax. Its recorded in Video (They were Professional). After seeing the Betamax's unedited version, it was not there. Reason? Videographer thought they needed to save tape space because its all talking, and talking and to them it was useless. Grrrrr!

3. The Wedding Singer. Ivy's unforgettable friend. Susan Cipriano. She was Ivy's officemate in Barclay. A Great singer. Committed. Loves God. But the week prior to the wedding she was all excited, practicing night and day. This simple song: "Great is thy Faithfulness!" Wow, so easy. But I guess she wanted to be sure. So, everyday she rehearsed. Finally, on the eve of our wedding we received a phone call and no one was talking in the other line. Helloooo? Hellloooooo? Who is this... Yes, you guessed it. It was Susan, with no voice. hmmmmmmmm.... Minus three.

4. The Musicians. Ivy and I dreamt of a quartet playing in our wedding, but we figured it would be almost half of the food cost. So we sourced and went to UST conservatory of Music. Found a Music grad majoring in Violin. They played at the Manila Penn. Saw them play. They were good. So they agreed to play at our wedding for one fourth of the original price. Wow! What a bargain. But during the wedding day, as we were doing the sound check, the musicians arrived with a bad news... He (Levin) was the only one who could play, his friends weren't available. To make the matter worse, he invited his dad instead of playing the piano he brought an accordion. ACCORDION??? "What's this fiddler on the roof? Hey its my one and only wedding." I gasped. So, I just let them eat and relax in a corner. Then played an instrumental Cd.

By this time my head was numbed.

"BUT THIS IS THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY" I said to myself.

When the ceremony started, I realized that God's spirit was more powerful than Murphy's law.

Three things that didn't go wrong:

1. I married the right person.
2. We honored our parents.
3. God was honored in our wedding.

So, what can we learn from this ?
Put your trust in God He will make all things beautiful (in His time - After 15 years).
Marry the right person. Honor your Parents. That's all that is important actually.

After 15 years, I could barely notice the errors in video and the mistakes that was glaring during that "moment" because God is so good! He either renewed my mind or God miraculously changed the scenes in the video.

Even in our errors God can be glorified.

1Cor. 1:26 Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.

BE HUMAN!