"'i do' are the two most famous last words
the beginning of the end,
but to lose your life for another i've heard
is a good place to begin"
andrew peterson - dancing in the minefields
the beginning of the end,
but to lose your life for another i've heard
is a good place to begin"
andrew peterson - dancing in the minefields
Today I'm going to keep it particularly simple, but particularly intentional.
Bethany and JJ's wedding is hard to describe with words.
They met at school.
No, not in college at a bar.
Or in highschool in the band.
They might at the small Christian school where they both teach.
They have been good friends for a long time.
And after a while, JJ began to pray about marrying Bethany, his amazing friend.
They hadn't been dating, or even told each other they liked one another!
But JJ wanted to be careful with this girl. He was serious.
Pause in the story:
I'm calling these next 20 or so pictures the "Wow, the love in this place is unreal" Sequence.
(JJ with his sister when she walked down the aisle. They were both a MESS.)
JJ waiting for Bethany.
Resume story:
JJ, Bethany and another teacher at the school took their class on a field trip. Or rather the other teacher took the kids on a field trip and JJ + Bethany had a little date.
"On a scale of 1-10 how hard would it be to get you to come to dinner with me this week?"
Bethany thought it would be pretty easy.
Bethany thought it would be pretty easy.
On their first date, late this spring, JJ told Bethany one of the sweetest things I've ever heard:
"I have never wanted to take care of someone more then I want to take care of you."
Within months they were engaged and a few months later, they walked down in aisle in a church as husband and wife.
Some lyrics to the song they had played at their wedding:
"So when I lose my way, find me
When I loose love's chains, bind me"
"At the end of all my faith,
till the end of all my days
When I forget my name, remind me"
"We went dancing in the minefields
We went sailing in the storm"
"And it was harder than we dreamed
But I believe that's what the promise is for"
Till the shadows disappear"
"Because He promised not to leave us
And His promises are true
So in the face of all this chaos, baby"
"I can dance with you"
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so lovely :) i love the bridesmaids shotsss.
ReplyDeleteWow, what he said to her was SOO precious...may God bless them :)
ReplyDeleteoh wow.
ReplyDeletethat's so beautiful:)
so beautiful Kristen ! i'm crying at my kitchen table :)
ReplyDeleteand i'll be honest.. when i read the first part of your blog i thought to myself "keep it simple? but i LOOVE reading Kristen's words!!" but this was exta-ordinarily beautiful !! FABULOUS :)
oh.my.word! fluffy clouds below the blue earthly skies. love those! awesome post kristen! i dont say it out loud very much when i read photographers posts but i did this time when i was reading this one. //aww, thats sooo sweeet// yes i said it out loud! love that song heaps too. ive had it on loop a few times got 177 plays on it! thank you for this inspirational post!
ReplyDeletemade me teary eyed, love it
ReplyDeleteSo well done! These are beautiful! :)
ReplyDeletehaha that weddin was awesome. i loved how JJ kept making faces to get bethany to laugh while she was talking. =D
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