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There are many ways to welcome your guests and show your appreciate their attendance. If the whole wedding party stays in one place, prepare a small treat and leave it at the front desk, so that people receive the gifts when they check in. If people are in various places before your reception, have the caterer place the wedding favor on the place settings. Your wedding day favors should be as elegant and unique as you are.

They can range from elegant bridal accessories, personalized engraved gifts, distinctive apparel and extraordinary favors, to make every detail of your wedding day unique and memorable. The average wedding lasts about four hours which doesn't leave couples much time to spend with their guests, many of whom may have flown in from across the country to help celebrate the big bash. So, choosing the essential wedding favors and wedding party gifts should be fun to create a lasting memory forever.

Two to four months before your special day, you should choose your gifts for the Maid of Honor, Best Man and other Attendants. The bride is responsible for gifts for her bridesmaids, which need not be expensive but should serve as a token for friendship, and as a remembrance of the wedding. A picture frame engraved with the date of the wedding, with a photo of the wedding party to follow or small pieces of jewelry are very nice gifts. Personalized gifts are always the best and traditional always works to provide the most unique and elegant wedding party ideas ever.

Also the groom should not forget the groomsmen. He also, of course, pays for his gifts to his groomsmen which might be something traditional such as a money clip, tie tack or cigar cutter. As with the bride's gifts to her bridesmaids, the most important thing is not the item itself, but the fact that it will remind the groom's friends of the happy day.

Surely you don't want a "cookie-cutter" wedding reception that could be anyone's. You want your guests to know that you thought about the details and chose elements that are special to you and your groom. You can personalize just about every aspect of your wedding day and your reception is no exception, so choose wedding favors that are unique, elegant and memorable and most of all, special to you. Have gifts engraved with your personal touch. You are only limited by your imagination.

You've planned for months, the people closest to you and your new husband are all in one place, and you've chosen a great meal to enjoy with great entertainment to follow. Your only job at your wedding reception is to smile, relax and have fun. Enjoy the party and we hope that you are the icing on the cake!

Enjoy the planning process and remember the famous quote from Walt Disney, the man who knows how to bring fantasies to life, "If you can dream it, you can do it".

Essential Wedding Favors is a company founded by Paul Darch and Tracey Spencer in 2006. Wanting to provide a bride and groom a source to find as much information about planning their wedding, inspired them to create a website dedicated to just that. http://www.essentialweddingfavors.com

The Legacy of the Red Marble

My father was a pastor/evangelist. We basically lived in church. My love for the Lord was exciting and alive! Through the years as I grew older and experienced many wounds from within the body of Christ, I became the proverbial ‘prodigal daughter.’ One day many years later when my Dad was visiting me, he took some change out of his pocket, and in the middle of it was a red marble. I remarked, “Dad, why do you have that red marble in your pocket?”  He picked it up, held it up to the light, and at that point the red marble seems to glow. He answered, “I carry this red marble in my pocket as a reminder.” I replied, of what? He looked deep into my eyes and began to speak, “as a reminder of the last drop of blood that my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ shed for me on the cross. Here, I want you to have it, so you too will have a reminder of Calvary.”

I still remember how those words pricked my heart, for I was estranged from the Lord and not ready to surrender. Years later however I repented and came home to my Heavenly Father, and many years after that my Father went home to be with his Heavenly Father. At my Dad’s funeral people from everywhere were coming up to me carrying their red marbles, some were made into earrings, some into pendants, and some into tie tacks, some just mixed in their change. They all told the same story, your Father gave me this red marble and through it I gave my heart and life to Jesus Christ. A list was found in his records of all the red marbles he had bought and given away; it totaled 10,000. A crystal bowl sat by his casket full of red marbles and all were invited to take freely. As I said farewell to my earthly Father, my Heavenly Father spoke into my heart. He said, “Your Dad wasn’t able to leave you an earthly inheritance, but what he left you money can’t buy. He left you an eternal inheritance. He left you the legacy of the Red Marble.”

So many people had stories to tell of my Dad and his Red Marbles. A few months after Dad’s death I received a letter from my niece, his granddaughter. She was in college and it read like this…”Here is a copy of a poem that I wrote about Granddaddy McDonald right after he died. I wrote this for English class. The teacher picked this to be published in a literary journal at the college. I thought you might want a copy.

Red Marbles
Written by Faith McDonald

They were supposed to remind us to pray

for him. Don’t forget ol’grampa. Short talks say he loves you.

Finding one while looking for a lost jewel reminds you of your time.

Thousands had them, but none like mine. Straight from

 the hands of the man who loved so much.

The distance between us caused us to forget.

He always expressed his love for me.

My sadness soon followed regret for

lost contact. “Pray for me” ended the call.

The hang up triggered memories we had.

Suddenly sickness came. Faster and faster

The day arrived. The call came. He loved so much.

Beautiful sights, loved ones, and great health await.~

As I walked in the room to view my Father’s body for the first time after he died, I couldn’t believe my eyes. On his chest on lay a tie tack and it was made with a red marble. There was a light shining down upon his body and it hit the marble dead center causing it to light up. It was lying across his heart. Anywhere I went in the room, as I would look back at my Dad, the tie tack would shine like a beacon in the darkness.

My mind would race back to the many times he had shared with me the story of the red marble. Even then at every glance, he was telling me the story of the red marble all over again and to all those who came. The blood that covered his heart cried out to all those who would listen. It was the story of the cross, of Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

It still cries out today to every one and to you, the reader. It cries out love, redemption, forgiveness, restoration, and life everlasting. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 If you don’t know Jesus, if you don’t have a personal, intimate relationship with Him, you can, and you can have it today, right this minute. He is waiting for you with out stretched hands and open arms. He will forgive you. He will restore you. He will heal you. He will make you new again, if you will only ask and believe.

Please pray this prayer with me: Father, I am a sinner. I repent of my sins and ask your forgiveness. I ask you to come into my heart and be my Savior and Lord. I too want to be a part of the Legacy of the Red Marble, for it represents your blood and in your blood lays eternal life. Thank you, in Jesus Name, amen.” If you prayed this prayer you have just become a part of the family of God, a child of the King. The blood of Jesus has washed you. You have become justified, made righteous, just as if you had never sinned. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. I rejoice with you for you have entered into the greatest blessing and received the greatest gift ever given to mankind. This gift is Jesus; this gift is salvation.

Perhaps you are where I once was, the prodigal son or daughter. Perhaps your heart once burned with love for your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but somehow you lost your way. Somehow you lost your first love and were distracted and drawn away into your own world, your own way. My friend the “via delarosa,’ [the way of the cross] still leads home. The Father stands ready, waiting and longing for your return.

He will run to you, embrace you, forgive you, and welcome you back into His eternal kingdom. Please pray this prayer with me…”Father, I repent of my sins and ask your forgiveness. I Come Back to you and I thank you for receiving me, for forgiving me and restoring me to the family of God. Thank you, in the name of Jesus.” My friend the Father has begun the “welcome home party,” and you are the guest of honor. “If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:9 I rejoice with your restoration and new beginning.

For those of you who are experiencing times of weariness, loneliness, pain or sorrow, the blood will never lose its power; power to edify, build up, heal, restore, refresh, and renew. Power to bring hope, to restore a lost vision, power to fulfill lost dreams, rebuild broken relationships, power to fight the good fight of faith, and the power to keep the course and finish the race. “I am the repairer of the breach and the restorer of the streets to dwell in.” Isaiah 58:12 Pray this prayer with me…”Father, I ask you to restore to me the joy of my salvation. I repent of my sins once again and ask you to renew my love and devotion to you. Stir up the gifts that are within me and restore my courage, hope and destiny. Thank you, in the name of Jesus.”

Everything we will ever want or need lies in the blood of Jesus. There is seven-fold power in the blood of Jesus. As the Levite priests sprinkled the blood of the sacrifices on the altar seven times with the hyssop, for the forgiveness of the sins of the Jewish people, the blood of Jesus will do the same for more and us today.

The blood of Jesus redeems us, cleanses us, justifies us, sanctifies us, gives us life, intercedes for us, and gives us access to the Father. What better reason could we have to carry a red marble in our pocket? What better reason do we need to continue the Legacy of the Red Marble?

About the Author

Charli Pickett is an International Christian Women's Keynote Speaker, Author, Motivator, & Recording Artist. She has ministered in China, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico.
Charli Pickett has been in the fashion and cosmetic industry for 20 years. She has judged numerous beauty pageants, including the Miss USA Preliminaries. She was a co-owner of Body Beautiful Boutique, which included the Body Contour Salon of which Kelly Cash visited frequently on her way to becoming "Miss America."
She has been involved with Seventeen Magazine Seminars and employed by Lancôme Cosmetics producing video makeovers and fashion shows. Her background includes movies, television, theatre, stage, photography and image consulting.

Charli also co-hosted a women's Christian television program in Nashville, TN on CTN. She and her husband Bob are co-founders of Shiloh Ministries, Inc. and they also co-hosted their own Christian television and radio programs.
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