The wedding and bush fires
My son was married on Saturday. It was a monumental day—the hottest day in recorded history for Victoria, low humidity and windy. We had been warned about bush fires and they eventuated with more ferocity than anyone anticipated. Currently 131 people are confirmed dead with many more missing; over 700 homes have been destroyed.
Meanwhile my son’s wedding went off very well. The church was very warm and photos were difficult because of the weather but the reception room was air conditioned. The passage my son and his fiancée had chosen for their wedding was Luke 12:13-26. The theme was about building marriage (and life) on a firm foundation and not simply acquiring “an abundance of possessions” (v.15). About 100-150k away and within hours of the wedding hundreds of people lost everything they owned. Life indeed is not about an abundance of possessions.
My other son lives in one of the towns which was hit by the bush fires. The fire came up their street, burnt down many houses including the one next door and then, thankfully, stopped. He and his wife were, of course, at the wedding, had they been home they would have been evacuated. We have other friends in this town as we once lived there ourselves and fortunately they are all fine. We traveled home on Sunday and Monday, mostly with a smoke haze. It has been an eventful time and I’m feeling very tired.
3 thoughts on “The wedding and bush fires”
Wow, what a mess of mixed emotions for you. I am thankful your son’s house is OK, is the fire there under control now?
And congratulations on the wedding, I’m glad it went well!
Thanks Erin, the fire are not yet under control and several are still threatening towns. On the upside the weather is milder so the fire fighters are hoping to make good progress over the next few days before it gets hot again.
wow Susan
The temperatures you are enduring are very hot.
We get right grisly when it gets over thirty here in the summer.
I can’t imagine 40’s
Dry hot weather brings forest fires here as well.
So sorry for the loss of lives and homes and I am glad your son’s home is ok.
A bitter sweet time for celebration.
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