Nothing much but a broken Hallelujah.

It was minutes before their wedding ceremony,Pat wanted to be sure they started their marriage off right, so without seeing the bride before the ceremony, they sat around the corner from one another, held hands and prayed.

Moments before she was to walk down the aisle her soon to be mother in law came in the dressing room where her bridesmaids and her were all gushing with giggles and fluttering about finishing last minute details.

"Dear, your groom has called for you!".

In a nervous tizzy she said, "What?! I'm not ready! I have to get my shoes and..."She had already taken her hand and led her to a corner, where her groom was waiting. She barely sat down; She was filled with so much anticipation! So much excitement! So many nerves!

"Is he going to like my dress? Does my hair look pretty? Can he see me?!"

Right around the corner sat her soon to be husband, She so was nervous he might see her yet secretly hoping to catch a glimpse of him. In her excited state she was the first to speak,

"Hi sweetie! We're getting married today!"

"I know baby and I want to pray with you before we do."

There they sat around the corner hand in hand, and together they bowed their heads. People were rushing about; the wedding coordinator directing people here and there, the photographers snapping photos and the bridal party enjoying each others company. Yet in that moment, in the quietness of their hearts and minds, her husband and her were alone in the presence of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Her husband prayed that God would bless their marriage, that through thick or thin together they would never lose hope in one another. That instead of focusing on each others imperfections they would always rely on Christ's perfection. That they would wake up every day and chose to love one another not through their own strength but by the power of Christ's perfect love.

With their hands clenched tightly to one another together they said "Amen", both with shaky voice and just like that she was whisked away to blot the tears off her face and put on her veil.This was momentous,she had never seen that before.Couldn’t hold back her tears because right there was the right foundation,a spiritual head and a priest of their own home.

After her bridesmaids, mother, mother-in-law and every other girl in the room had finished zipping, curling, tucking and blushing her up She looked in the mirror. There she stood wearing her pure white wedding dress, ready to walk down the aisle to herr Prince Charming.

He is not only her Prince Charming because of his incredibly handsome looks, or wonderful humor, or the fact that they have so much in common yet so much different. He is her Prince Charming because he helped her protect the most precious gift that she owned, her purity.

Soon after they had started dating she told her Prince how she valued purity and planned to be until the night of her wedding; to which he replied he would have it no other way.

Throughout their dating relationship and engagement they constantly fought, what at times felt like a losing battle. They fought temptation with prayer, scripture and accountability. She had friends checking up on her if they knew we were together late at night and he regularly met with other men to pray for strength. At times, especially as the wedding grew closer, they thought they were attempting to do the impossible.

"Why are we doing this?" She would ask in her weakness, and he would remind her, that it's because God had told them too.

"I can't do it, I can't... this is too hard!" he would confess to her and she would pray for his strength.

When she walked down the aisle in her white dress, she looked straight into the eyes of the man that had laid himself down to protect and honor the wife that God had given him.

When his eyes first caught her he looked into the face of the woman that had waited for him, the woman that would support him and love him for the rest of His life, through good times and bad.

They prayed,they asked the Lord to use their wedding to bring Him all of the glory that He rightfully deserved. They had not gotten where they were by their own strength, but by His hand of protection on our relationship.

They wanted to take it a step further and give God praise and thanks for how they arrived at that quiet 

corner, holding hands and ready to start their lives together.