joy.
passion.
acts of kindness.
beauty.
these describe the past couple weeks of my life. so intense, so full, so busy.
but so overwhelmingly wonderful.
my best friend has become my husband. (teach me to learn so much deeper what this means).
i got to spend a week surrounded by amazing people. literally, just being cocooned with so much love, kind of stops you in your tracks.
i can't find the words to express my gratitude for my family, the pride i have for them.
some of my dearest friends, upon meeting my family, told me how impressed they work, how blown away they were. this makes my heart swell with pride.
i have a family who loves well, who serves well, who gives selflessly. and people were impressed by that.
i have friends who, without their help, this whole wedding would never have come together so perfectly and graciously.
friends who saves the day on many accounts. people who's faces are alight with sheer beauty, a vibrancy that spills the secret of their passion, their joy.
i'm overwhelmed by the amount of people who made a point of being here, not only to see us, and rejoice with us but to help us.
the past week in the seavey house was a week reminiscent of heaven, filled with people from all places and all lifestyles, converging in one home, literally lighting the room with their presence.
it reminds me of this lighthouse i saw in savannah. they say the light can be seen from 24 miles at sea.
i think of the sailors, coming home from a long, burdensome journey, spotting the light. it beckons them, calling them home, calling them to a place where their burdens don't weigh quite as much.
this is what the seavey home looked like for a week.
a light, shinning for miles and miles, drawing all whole come near to drink deep and be filled with the love of Christ, their common source.
oh my goodness, how blessed i am.
how overwhelmed i am.
how undeserving i am of so much love and compassion.
to witness this event, the week leading up to the marriage, and then the wedding itself, to take part of it was one of the most amazing gifts i've been given.
my Father loves me.
my family loves me.
my friends love me.
my husband loves me.
Praise Him from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts
Praise Him Father, Son and Holy Ghost
