I have this OCRed text but I can't remember where I got the original scan. Does anyone know when or where it was posted?
In the Eyes of God
On May 24th, 1974, at 8 pm, Guru Maharaj Ji was wedded to Marolyn Lois Johnson in a small chapel in the Colorado Rockies.
The following story is taken from excerpts of an interview with one of the sisters in Denver who attended the ceremony.
It was a small, quaint looking chapel with a view of the
intercontinental divide with snowpeaked mountaintops and valleys. The
first four rows of the chapel were filled. The "Good Name" band was
playing some songs that Maharaj Ji had selected: "If Not For You”,
"Amazing Grace”, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”.
First Marolyn's mother, escorted by Milky
Cole came down the aisle. Then came Donna (the maid of honor) followed
by the flower girl who strew rose pettles on the runner as she walked.
Ron Coletta escorted Guru Maharaj Ji in from the side; Marolyn's father
then escorted Marolyn down. The preacher asked, 'Do you give the bride
away?" Mr. Johnson said, "Yes, my wife and I give the bride away." Mr.
Johnson then sat down and Maharaj Ji and Marolyn were side by side. The
preacher started to give a sermon. He talked about the invisible
unbreakable bond between them. He also said, "This marriage is taking
place before the eyes of God." At this point you could hear the weeping
in the pews. It was too much to hear this said in front of the Lord!
When Marolyn started to take her vows, she broke down crying. Maharaj
Ji reached into his pocket and gave her a handkerchief to wipe her
eyes. She could barely talk. Then and there everybody started crying;
that was all you could hear. The preacher asked Maharaj Ji if he took
Marolyn for his lawfully wedded wife. Maharaj Ji looked Marolyn in her
eyes and said, "Yes, I will." The preacher then asked Marolyn if she
would take "Prem Pal for your lawfully wedded husband.” He pronounced
them husband and wife; they embraced. The band played, "Green Were The
Hills I Used To Roam" (the song that goes, "Now I stay right by your
side for I've now become your bride.”)
The ceremony was over, and Maharaj Ji and Marolyn began walking back.
Maharaj Ji stopped and allowed Marolyn and a few other premies to kiss His feet,
Then Maharaj Ji and Marolyn got into the Maserati with Dr. Pepper cans
tied on the back with a "just married" sign. Raja Ji followed in his
car.
It was all so quick but so divine! We use
that word so easily to describe something far out, but this was really
heavenly, it was purely heavenly! Guru Maharaj Ji married us all
through Marolyn. The marriage was made in heaven so much that everyone
there was brought to heaven! … Oh well, you'll see it soon on video.
