In exactly a month I become a bride. I will be a wife. My excitement these days has been clouded by stress. Trying to plan the perfect wedding is surely a premarital test. A lesson in true compromise, financial decision and effective communication. But amidst color pallets, dress fittings and wrangling up last minute RSVP's is a golden opportunity. An opportunity to pray. An opportunity to offer up every tiny struggle, every fear, every frustration and every stressed filled tear. It allows me the chance to pray to Christ to grant me the tools to be a loving wife. To practice patience, kindness, and respect. It is not enough to kneel before God on my wedding day but I am called to kneel every day before and after. Marriage in today's culture is such a fragile thing. But centered around Christ a marriage becomes what it is called to be- indestructible. It does not mean it is a marriage that will be without difficulty, but it will be a marriage that never ceases to have hope. This is the marriage I pray for Michael and I to have.
Our marriage prep this past year has been fruitful. From our classes, to our own personal prep with books like Three to Get Married by Fulton Sheen and Christopher West's The Good News About Sex and Marriage. We have vowed to live as brother and sister since we cannot live separately and although the struggle is great, it has only strengthened and protected us as a couple. I can say I will confidently enter the Sacrament of Matrimony with a man of God. Although our sins are great, we continue to strive for a Christ-like life individually, and as a couple.
Despite our efforts, I know that as the day gets closer the enemy tries harder. It is because of this that I must place all my anxiety into the arms of Christ and completely surrender. As someone who cherishes being in control, surrender is something I struggle with. So I ask of the help to any and all who read this. As Michael and I enter into this last month and then begin our life as husband and wife, please pray that we never lose sight of both the love Christ gave us for each other and the love He has for us.
Forget cards with money, dishes, or a new blender. Please offer us the gift of prayer.
Christ be with us, and with you.
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