"Aren't you too young?"
Aren't I just sick of hearing that...
On the 31st of December 2015 in Utah, the man of my dreams got down on one knee in his kilt in -7 degrees snow. Nathan's lovely mum, Maria, was taking me a 'detour' but little did I know she was driving me to my favourite park for someone waiting on me standing on a wooden bridge to ask me a question I had been waiting on him asking for a long long time.
I freaked! I bawled! I screamed! Ever since I met Nathan, I knew I would probably be with him. But I had no idea how it could work, he lived 4,570 miles away in Utah. Everything turns out a thousand times better than we ever think with Heavenly Fathers help. I was actually one of those people who thought that "those mormon girls marry way young". We believe that marriage doesn't just last until 'death do us part'. Due to sacred temple covenants, we believe marriage lasts for this life and beyond the grave, for all eternity. There is no expiry date. No pressure right? But when you know, you know.
Advice #1. Yaaaa so... Don't plan your wedding from a different country.
Yes of course, I had to come home to wait for my visa. I am miles away from my fiance and it's hard. I stress everyday wondering if it'll come in time. We count down we days until we can see each other. We stay up crazy hours just to speak to each other (when I'm not boring and early to bed). We read together, we pray together.
Advice #2. Do not freak out when you are being taught patience.
God is in control here. He is willing to help you if you do your part. Do not take the back seat and expect it to unfold in front of you. He is pulling the arrow back and aiming it for you, waiting for you to shoot it.
Advice #3. Put your armor on.
Read scriptures morning and night. Ask for help. When those trials come, man they come hard. Suck it up and kick them back to where they belong. We go through trials sometimes because we come out stronger in the end, it's hard to believe, but the outcome is worth it.
"If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. … It becomes special because you have made it so."
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