Love and Beauty

Do you feel like crying? I found this photo, again on Pinterest and thought it needed to be shared. At my wedding, I want this reaction more than anything:

From: www.michellenewellphotography.com

Gosh, just looking at it makes me tear up now. This is one very loved woman, no doubt.  

This reminds me of a sermon pastor spoke on probably about a month ago. He told us how men should love their wives and how women should submit to their husbands. When I saw the above photo, I instantly thought of a couple of verses in Ephesians 5.

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself." - Ephesians 5: 25-28

In addition to the Ephesians 5, I thought of a song Matt recently introduced me to. He actually showed me a cover of the song, but I am a fan of the original boy band version. If you're interested, here it is:

Here are some of the lyrics to the song:

You're insecure
Don't know what for
You're turning heads when you walk through the door
Don't need make up
To cover up
Being the way that you are is enough

Everyone else in the room can see it
Everyone else but you

[Chorus]
Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But you when smile at the ground it aint hard to tell
You don't know
You don't know you're beautiful

If only you saw what I can see
You'll understand why I want you so desperately
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
You don't know
You don't know you're beautiful
Oh oh
But that's what makes you beautiful

Even for 18-year-olds, these guys respect girls. That's very cool to see. If you're a girl, when you find a guy who feels this way about you, keep him. He'll respect you. If you're a guy, be this type of guy and you'll become the one who any girl would be crazy to let go. :)