thepowerofprayer:

I made this blog because a photo of my husband and I has gone viral on the internet. I wanted to share the story behind the photo for the hundreds of thousands of people who found inspiration through this sweet moment we had.
The Story Behind the Photo
Moments before I was to walk down the aisle my soon to be mother in law came in the dressing room where my bridesmaids and I were all gushing with giggles and fluttering about finishing last minute details.
“Sweetheart, your groom has called for you!”.
In a nervous tizzy I said, “What?! I’m not ready! I have to get my shoes and…” She had already taken my hand and led me to a corner, where my groom was waiting. I barely sat down; I was filled with so much anticipation! So much excitement! So many nerves!
“Is he going to like my dress? Does my hair look pretty? Can he see me?!”
Right around the corner sat my soon to be husband, I so was nervous he might see me yet secretly hoping to catch a glimpse of him. In my excited state I was the first to speak,
“Hi sweetie! We’re getting married today!”
“I know baby and I want to pray with you before we do.”
There we sat around the corner hand in hand, and together we bowed our heads. People were rushing about; the wedding coordinator directing people here and there, the photographers snapping photos and the bridal party enjoying each others company. Yet in that moment, in the quietness of our hearts and minds, my husband and I were alone in the presence of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
My husband prayed that God would bless our marriage, that through thick or thin together we would never lose hope in one another. That instead of focusing on each others imperfections we would always rely on Christ’s perfection. That we would wake up every day and chose to love one another not through our own strength but by the power of Christ’s perfect love.
With our hands clenched tightly to one another together we said “Amen”, both with shaky voice and just like that I was whisked away to blot the tears off my face and put on my veil.
After my bridesmaids, mother, mother-in-law and every other girl in the room had finished zipping, curling, tucking and blushing me up I looked in the mirror. There I stood wearing my pure white wedding dress, ready to walk down the aisle to my Prince Charming.
See, he is not only my Prince Charming because of his incredibly handsome looks, or wonderful humor, or the fact that we have so much in common. He is my Prince Charming because he helped me protect the most precious gift that I owned, my purity.
Soon after we had started dating I nervously told my Prince that I was a virgin and planned to be until the night of my wedding; to which he replied he would have it no other way.
Throughout our dating relationship and engagement we constantly fought, what at times felt like a losing battle. We fought temptation with prayer, scripture and accountability. I had friends checking up on me if they knew we were together late at night and he regularly met with other Godly men to pray for strength. At times, especially as the wedding grew closer, we thought we were attempting to do the impossible.
“Why are we doing this?” I would ask in my weakness, and he would remind me, that it’s because God had told us too.
“I can’t do it, I can’t… this is too hard!” he would confess to me and I would pray for his strength.
When I walked down the aisle in my white dress, I looked straight into the eyes of the man that had laid himself down to protect and honor the wife that God had given him.
When his eyes first caught mine he looked into the face of the woman that had waited for him, the woman that would support him and love him for the rest of His life, through good times and bad.
I share all of this because in that prayer we prayed, which was captured here on camera we asked the Lord to use our wedding to bring Him all of the glory that He rightfully deserved. We had not gotten where we were by our own strength, but by His hand of protection on our relationship.
God has used this photo to inspire hundreds of thousands of people already and for that we are humbled and honored! I wanted to take it a step further and give God praise and thanks for how we arrived at that quiet corner, holding hands and ready to begin our lives together.
(photo by the incredible Kim Burke, www.kdburkephotography.com)

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God likes you. Well, yeah, He loves you, so there’s that. But God truly delights in you. He made you, and every inch of you is adorable to Him. Okay, yes, He doesn’t like everything you do, and neither do you, so whatever. But God doesn’t just put up with you, He actually likes you. God is your biggest fan. He likes your style. He thinks you’re funny, He likes the way you dance, and He loves just being together and talking about anything and everything.

— Unka Glen (unkaglen.tumblr.com)

24 May 2013

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24 May 2013

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30 Mar 2013

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When only love could make a way,
You held absolutely nothing back.

Thank You.

29 Mar 2013

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29 Mar 2013

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28 Mar 2013

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In our weakness.

His grace is sufficient for me, for His strength is made perfect in my weakness.

2 Corinthians 12:9

Does this verse talk just as much about our times of our own strength as it does our weakness?

May I be glad to make known to all the world my weaknesses, so that He alone may be glorified through my life.

25 Feb 2013

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Putting Christ first doesn’t mean putting Him at the top of your list.
Rather, involving Him in every aspect of your life and making His purpose central in each one.

1 Jan 2013

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Oh, me of little faith.

I’ve seen with my own eyes my God heal the sick, make the blind see, the crippled walk, the deaf hear, the dead rise.

I’ve heard of how He restores relationships, marriages and families, supplies our every need and want.

I know He is more than capable, and greater than all my circumstances. Able to redeem unimaginable loss.

I’ve felt His presence over my life, transforming me from the inside out.

So why am I so anxious about another set of exams?

ramblings & revelations.

In our weakness.

Oh, me of little faith.

ramblings & ^revelations.