Parable 88 - Parables of Steel by Robert Dean Steel

   The bride was being led down the aisle by her father.  She looked beautiful and the groom look nervous.  As dad walked down the aisle he thought, "Time has gone so fast.  One moment she was this little girl who was running into my arms because she skinned her knee.  Now she is this beautiful young woman."  in that moment he remember the joy, pain, the fun and the crying that goes with raising a child.  He remembered the long talks on the edge of the bed, the hours of prayer, the mentoring and role modeling he did all leading to this moment.  Now he was releasing her to the care of another.  He did all he could and now it was up to her, this nervous young man and God.  He would always be there, praying, loving and trusting.  Then he remember, Prov 22:6, which says, "Train a child in the way they should go and when they are old they will not depart from it."  He stood the end of the aisle now.  The minister said, "Who gives this woman." and he said with confidence and assurance, "I do." and he meant it.