Rushing Into Marriage

So this is a never ending topic of discussion for me. Just to give you a brief background on me before I state my opinions on this issue, I have been in a 5 year relationship with my fiancé and we have currently been engaged for 6 months officially tomorrow. So as far as the rushing thing is concerned on my end, I'd say we've both been pretty patient. Granted when my fiance and I first met, we knew we'd marry each other because God confirmed that through prayer for the both of us. I will be graduating college in three months and will be established prior to getting married. During that time of establishing myself I will be waiting for him to graduate, then we will start our lives from there.

Now that you've seen my experience with this topic you can probably conclude that I am a firm believer in not rushing into marriage. Am I telling you to wait 5 years like I did? Heavens no! However, I do believe it takes time to really know who a person is and to grow in a relationship with that significant other effectively requires going through both good and bad times.

I believe that in movies we are taught to believe that love is this happy thing which it is, but true love endures test. The Bible says that love never fails so how do you know if you can truly spend the rest of your life with someone if as a unit you all have never been tested? I think at this point in time in my life this topic is relevant due to the fact that I have a plethora of friends graduating this school year and many want to go to the next phase in life (marriage and establish a family) because they fear that if they don't get it right away it will never happen.

I have so so so much I could say on this issue and should probably make a youtube video because the amount of discussions I've had in regards to this subject is astronomical and it saddens me that someone is willing to risk making the mistake of rushing to marry the wrong person, instead of trusting God and waiting for the right one.

Readers, please share your thoughts on this.

Charity R.

Wedding Update

There's so many exciting things happening. In just 3 more months, I will be getting my degree and heading back to Texas until my Fiancée graduates from the Air Force Academy. Furthermore, this past weekend we paid the deposit on the wedding venue and I am extremely excited about all of the upcoming wedding plans that are getting ready to take place. The wedding coordinator at the venue is such a sweet person and I cannot wait to do business with her.

Here are some pictures of our venue:

Stonebridge Ranch Country Club

 We are going to have both our ceremony and reception at the country club :) Cannot wait, it's only 8 months and 29 days away.

Wednesday Encouragment

Today was a productive day! I had class this morning and then work all day. This morning before I started my day, God told me to encourage those that are close to me. Sometimes we take the people that are close to us for granted and it's imperative that we remind those people what they mean to us.

 Sometimes Satan really tries to get us down by looking at our current situations in life and attempts to get us to lose focus of who God is and what He is capable of doing. With that being said, stay encouraged. We all face hardships and tough times. Don't dwell on what is going wrong in your life, but thank God for the things that went right.


Psalm 55:22 "Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall."

Remember that scripture throughout this week. Give all your worries to God through prayer and trust him whole heartedly to see you through your situation

Catch Up!!!

It's been entirely too long since I've posted. I've had an eventful summer. I must catch you all up briefly on what's been going on in my life since my last post.


May 2013 Ring Dance with my wonderful fiancé. This dance is at the end of an USAFA cadet's junior year and celebrates the upcoming senior year. We had a lot of fun with friends this weekend:

 

During that weekend of Ring Dance, David and I took our engagement pictures by the talented Chloe Heath.

 

In June, I bought my wedding dress which is absolutely perfect! It doesn't even need alterations because it was pretty much made for me Thankfully. We also ordered the veil and the shoes as well.

 

July was my birthday month. I turned 22 and you better believe I was jamming to Taylor Swift's song, "22".  Although, I was in summer classes that day, it was a very special day thanks to my absolutely loving fiancé. He sure knows how to make me happy, though we are miles apart.

August, I started my last first day at Kansas State University! I will be graduating in December :)

 

September was David's last parents weekend. So the labor day weekend, I drove to Colorado to see my man and spend some time with great friends. This was a bitter sweet trip. I enjoyed my weekend tremendously. Visited a great couple that have Christ as the center of their relationship and it was a breath of fresh air to spend time with them again. Cannot wait until their wedding day as well.

 

 

My silly Husband-to-be and I :)

 

 

Well, that sums up my summer catch-up post. Thank you for reading! There will be more updates on the wedding and just my life in general to come.