Sign In

There seems to be more and more clever ways to have guests "sign in" at your wedding. In our day, you had a white-covered book and a feather pen for guests to use to sign in at the reception. Nowadays there are tons of options. We have seen people use ink pads to press their fingerprint to a guest book or to use as leaves on a tree trunk or balloons and sign their names. I've seen butterflies on a background, a drawing of stacked books where folks signed them as titles and coloring tiny characatures on a page. We've seen a frame filled with tiny wooden hearts that have the names of all the guests on them. Signed stones in a jar. A map with tiny pins and the names of guests and where they are coming from for the wedding. Signing a matte around the picture as a guest book. Polaroids in the photo album. Petals on a giant flower. A wooden keg barrel signed by all. A Bible where people highlight their favorite verse and sign their name next to it. And scrapbook pages where folks can sign their names around pictures of the couple. There are lots of different ways people can sign in at the reception. I think Ayla and Rob and Kayla and Tone are planning on using multiple guest book ideas. I know Gaga got both girls a guest book for people to sign. I got Ayla a scrapbook. I know both girls were planning on having a Bible available to highlighting.

Your guests are special in that they will witness your covenant before God, so to have a collection of their signatures is a sweet way of remembering who all sat before the Lord in witness to the union. It's a responsibility on it's own to witness before God and a honor to be selected by the couple to do so. And remember God, too, is a witness. In Genesis 31:50 says "Remember, God is a witness between you and me."

We pray as you look back on whatever you've chosen to have guests use to sign in, that it will be a sweet reminder of the souls who made the journey to serve as witnesses and celebrate with you. Perhaps it too can be a reminder for you to pray for them.

Discussion: What are some clever guest book ideas you have seen? What is it you would like to do at your wedding? Why is it important to you to have a guest book?

Prayer: Lord we thank you in advance for the people who will be in attendance for both couple's wedding. We pray they take their witness very seriously. And we pray they come up with a precious and clever way to remember who all celebrates with them. In Jesus' name, Amen.