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My dearly loved husband,
I remember watching as friends entered into healthy, Christ-centered relationships and not understanding what it was about me that was lacking.
Was it better hair? Better skin? The right perfume? I could find ways to cover up physical flaws. I could spend more time in the morning getting ready.
Was it some kind of charm? Was I lacking in some kind of flirting etiquette? I could read up on things. Maybe consult more friends.
The question loomed: Am I now enough? When will I be enough?
I remember believing that I was not in a relationship yet because I was not godly enough. I believed in this lie that I had to be a perfect woman before being able to be with you. Instead of seeing relationships as a process of sanctification together, where God uses two sinners to continue His work, I saw it as some “happily ever after” that only the godly-enough could experience.
Were other people in a relationship because they were somehow more godly, that they reached this supposed “relationship maturity boiling point” before I did? Not only did I dwell in my own insecurities, but I had somehow created a standard that superseded God’s standard for me.
But, somehow, in the complex and beautiful mathematics of grace – I realized that I am enough. Me (never enough) + God (infinitely enough) = Me (enough).
I am enough because He is infinitely enough. He declares me His perfectly imperfect work in progress, fashioned by His own hands and loved with an immeasurable love.
Who dares to say otherwise?
Continually praying for you,
your future wife
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