Theresa 1 minute I’m not his wife yet, but now is a precious time of “playing wife” before it really matters. I do these little things and laugh inside knowing that these are dim, small things in comparison to the opportunities I’ll have when we’re married, living life day in and day out on the easy days and…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read Early in my marriage, I was asked what encouragement I would give to singles who were still in the season of “waiting.” Here are ten bits of advice I shared. (And yes, there was a rather recurring theme…) 1. Don’t rush. Marriage is not a place at which you will “arrive” but a season which will…
Guest Author 5 Minute Read by Abbie There’s a certain temptation I’ve been facing lately; the temptation to try to “help” God along. And of course by “help” I mean, “completely wreck everything by trying to take charge of what I don’t understand, specifically: my future”. You probably know what I’m talking about. (At least…I hope you do. Or else…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read originally written February 2007 As I sit here planning a candlelight Valentine’s dinner with my love, I think back on the conversation I had a few days ago with my single sister-in-law. Her Bible school class on marriage has given her a lot to think about. I couldn’t tell her the teacher was wrong. I…
Gretchen Louise 5 Minute Read My cousins called me the “Pintship Preacher.” At the ripe old age of thirteen, I was an absolute believer in courtship. The only problem was (in retrospect), believing in courtship presents a slight problem when you aren’t exactly of courting age. I soon learned to term it “waiting instead of dating”. But that really raised the eyebrows of the people who already doubted I’d find a husband in our small town. I told them God knew who my husband was and I was waiting on Him to bring us together.
Chantel 4 Minute Read Falling in Love is amazing. It is a great smile-increaser. It can make the heart flutter when that certain someone walks into the room, when you hear their name or see their face. And when you hear those three most beautiful words for the first time, for a moment the world seems to stand still….
Ashleigh Baker 4 Minute Read It is my firmly held belief that each spouse in every marriage ought to perpetually have on his or her nightstand a good book on the topic of marriage. This is not to say, exactly, that John and I are both devouring a new marriage book every day, nor that my primary reading is necessarily…
Ashleigh Baker 7 Minute Read I believe strongly and wholeheartedly in solid, godly marriages. Marriage is an awe-inspiring, truly blissful thing and something to be lauded and heralded as the God-ordained institution it is. We are people created for marriage and, once married, we should strive daily, at every possible opportunity to encourage each other toward even stronger, even holier marriages. But marriage is…
Chantel 12 Minute Read The four and a half months of our engagement were filled with an amazing amount of work, thought, planning and a reasonable amount of confusion and crazy-ness, some tears and a lot of laughing. We worked against several odds during those months, and it took time to find and make the elusive plan two dreams…
Lanier Ivester 1 minute In a patriotic theme, we’ll wrap up our ‘Bride’ series with a gem from the Love Stories archive: Gretchen’s grandparents’ love story, now 50 years and counting! ~Lanier Instead of a wedding ceremony on a sunny Saturday in June, ours was on a rainy Wednesday night in January; but it was not lacking in love…
Lanier Ivester 9 Minute Read My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this year, and in honor of the occasion my brother and sister and I threw them a party. My sister and I sought to re-create some of the special details of their wedding day, from the yellow roses and Queen Anne’s lace to the sugared flowers on the…
Lanier Ivester 8 Minute Read But the June Bride hears the song of a spring that lasts all summer long… As Ashleigh and I were both celebrating such milestone anniversaries this year, and as our weddings were exactly five years and one day apart, we thought it would be special to post a series on our wedding days and the…
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