Trusting God for a Sucessful Marriage

I was challenged by a comment posted on my wedding blog this morning. I've probably been way too wrapped up in my own planning and haven't been giving enough thanks and praise to the Lord. Yes, I'm excited about my wedding. Yes, I have been stressed at times, but I'm also trying to let God to see me though this crazy time. I love the Lord with all my heart and I'm really excited to see what He has in store for my marriage to Brandon.

Especially during this busy time in my life I need to rely on God more for guidance in every decision I make. It's important to know my own limitations when it comes to wisdom. I'm naturally a planner and a decision maker, but I don't always do what God wants me to do. I do what I want to do because I'm human! I'm flawed! I'm a sinner with lots and lots of excuses. I want to depend on God's wisdom, knowledge and guidance for my life, because He knows what's best for me better than I could ever know. My plans will always be misguided if I don't trust God to take over.

I read something somewhere that said, "Always seek God's will, for decisions both great and small." How true is that? Especially in times like these. I don't know why sometimes I get so wound up in the small things in life and only come to God with the big problems. The littlest things still matter to him. I'm glad to have encouraging people in my life for me listen to and take wise advice from. I'm still learning and growing. I accept that I don't know what's best for my life, but I know for sure that God does.

My prayer today is to know the love of God though acts of patience and listening to His wisdom and trusting more in the guidance He provides me. I think this will all result in a happier, healthier and more successful marriage.

They're Finally Finished!!!!

After lots of hard work, frustration, hours of tedious labor and struggle, my invitations are finally complete. We sent them out Monday. I'm so excited and relieved to be finished with these. They were such a labor of love and I'm really proud of the end result. On Saturday I had my bridesmaids Lindsey and the most talented Shanda along with my mom and grandparents over to my mom's to help assemble all the pieces of the invite. We all worked really hard and knocked them in out in about 4 hours. Thanks everyone for all your hard work. I appreciate you more than you know.

Wedding Planning Continues

So my life is so occupied by this wedding. I feel like it's my baby and I'm just waiting to give birth. I'm constantly thinking about all the little details that I still have to plan and orchestrate, but I think it's all finally coming together. All the big things are planned. So I'm finally feeling like I'm ready to do this whole thing. However, I am a little stressed. This whole event is all me from beginning to end. No wedding coordinators, no outside help exceopt for my mom, it's all me. So the pressure is on, because if I don't give it my all nothing will ever get done. I know I will feel better once the invitations are back from print and I can get those out, but for now I'm confident in what I've been able to accomplish thus far. Today we are going to pick up Brandon's ring and make sure it fits. I hope it does and we can check that off our list. My wedding band unfortunately will not be here in time for the wedding :( It a custom design and we didn't know how long it would take to get in. Who knew it would take 9 weeks to get a ring back. Everything is going to be beautiful I know it. I'm trusting God to see me through this busy time and look forward to the days ahead. So way back in August at the beginning stages of planning, I did an inspiration board showcasing some of my thoughts about our wedding concept. Here is a new board with the actual things that I will be incorporating into the wedding. EnjoY!