Still on this lateness issue on wedding day.
I recall sometime in 2013 or there about, on my way to Sango-OTa to conduct a wedding slated for 10am, I had left Abeokuta, where I was and still resident at 7am for Sango-Ota which is just about 1hr 30mins drive. At 9.30am,

I had pastored the intending couple for about 4 years and they very well knew I was a stickler to time, particularly,
During counselling sessions, the intending couple had been reminded over and over again not to come late to the church on their wedding day, but alas, one of them came late. (You guessed right)
I got to the church and met the groom who was at this time on the
To cut the long story short, at the strike of 10am, I gave instructions that the service should commence.
We proceeded accordingly and just at the moment I asked, "who brings in the bride?" I saw the bride running in at 10.35am into the church, wow,
It's so easy to run down a pastor at such a time as this without giving a holistic look at the entire incident...
I was to find out later that the bride was staying just a few minutes drive
I made it down to the church from Abeokuta, which is almost 70km away in good time before service started.
I believe it's rather unfair to start attacking a pastor who does not believe
In all modesty, I do not think there is any pastor alive who has invited me to minister in his church that will say I ever got in late. Sometimes, I even arrive before the host pastor arrives.
We make excuses for
I however leave room for eventualities on that day. If there is a very good reason for a delay, like unexpected traffic gridlock,
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