{"id":1094,"date":"2010-08-25T19:46:22","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T19:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolene-test.com.bishopcompsol.com\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2010-08-25T19:46:22","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T19:46:22","slug":"the-beginning-of-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/the-beginning-of-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beginning of Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-319.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1095\" title=\"shapeimage_1-3\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-319-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-319-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-319-500x285.png 500w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-319.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wedding pictures have arrived. This photo won\u2019t give you a close up of the newlyweds\u2019 big smooch, though believe me, they were enjoying themselves. It won\u2019t provide a good look at the wedding party, though I can attest to the loveliness of the bridesmaid and personal attendant as well as to the handsomeness of the groomsmen.<\/p>\n<p>But it will maintain the young couple\u2019s privacy, which is important to them. And you can see the beautiful woods that ringed the pavilion where they married. You can see my daughter, small and white, embraced by her tall groom. You can see the dresses and the vests glowing under the July sun, just as Anne hoped they would. You can see my sweet daughter and her new husband surrounded by friends and family we hope will walk with them throughout their lives, long after we are gone. You can see the leaps of young joy as the bride and groom kiss.<\/p>\n<p>You can see much, but there is so much more the photograph doesn\u2019t show &#8211; the challenges yet to come, the joys to be experienced and adventures to be shared, and the affirmation of God\u2019s presence, through the every day happenings of life. Those things are waiting beyond the edges of the photograph, to be captured on another day, with a different lens.<\/p>\n<p>But for today, this picture, this memory of the beginning of their life together, is enough.<br \/>\nIt is more than enough.<\/p>\n<p>It is joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wedding pictures have arrived. This photo won\u2019t give you a close up of the newlyweds\u2019 big smooch, though believe me, they were enjoying themselves. 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