Is this real life?!?!

Today, I get to marry my best friend! I still can't believe that this is really happening!

10/17/15

This morning, Lilo and I went down to our favorite spot on the river to watch the sun come up. We just sat on the stairs instead of walking the beach (we couldn't ruin Lilo's freshly groomed paws) and watched the magnificent sunrise unfold before my eyes. Overwhelmed by God's love for me, I was moved to tears as I thought about His love for me. So many mornings I've sat there praying to the Lord and at times crying my heart out to Him. Today, I went to give thanks and to praise the One who has been faithful to His child. 

"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. " ~ Psalm 37:4

I've always had a strong desire in my heart to be a wife. Far too many times I've read this verse and wondered "why hasn't he given me that yet?" But then I realized that I wasn't holding up my end of it. Was I honestly and truly delighting myself in the Lord? One definition of delight is: to give great pleasure or to please someone greatly. When I made the choice in my heart to finally fully submit to Him and His ways, my life changed. I was no longer worried about who, when, where, or why. I wasn't worried about "my" plan. My focus was on the Lord, trusting that He was preparing me for when the time, His time, was right.

Today is an answered prayer, proof that God is faithful and is of His word. Oh how He loves us! Thank you, Father for blessing me so richly! My prayer is that as Mark and I enter into the covenant of marriage that we can "be an earthly picture of God's heavenly covenant with His church, to reveal to the world the glory and beauty of God's unconditional love for us." (The Love Dare)

"He has remembered His covenant forever." ~ Psalm 105:8