Bridal Shows now officially hold a precious place in my heart. If you missed out on the stories from the 1st Bridal Show in September, read them at ToBeABride Hit the Road.
Below are stories from yesterday's Great Show in Santa Barbara! Enjoy and please pray for these stories with me.
A sweet young Christian woman is engaged to an Agnostic, but he is not holding her back from her attending church, bible study, values etc so she wants to continue praying for him and marry him anyways. I gave her the book "Loving Your Husband" and reminded her it is not going to be easy.
A lady who has never been married herself, dropped by and felt it heavy on her heart that she give "The 5 Love Languages" to her Agnostic landlord. She says he is a gentle personality who is always trying to figure out how to get along better with his spouse. Let's pray this book helps out his marriage as well as enlightens him about Jesus!
A very energetic precious lady wants her marriage to be blessed and wants to do everything right in God's eyes and she is so thankful that her fiance is like minded. She was so excited to take the Workbook for "Before You Say I Do" so that they could focus on what is most important in these last days before their wedding...knowing that it's still not too late to pray and evaluate any issues that come up in conversation because of this study they will do together.
A fellow vendor stopped by and mentioned that she and her husband have been needing a retreat to go to and that they are definitely going to see about attending "Weekend to Remember." I was given several flyers for the Weekend to Remember and if you sign up through the following group, you will receive a substantial discount:
www.familylife.com/groups/feltes
I was encouraged several times as well with the following story and statements. Thank you, I am loving this ministry so much:
"Thanks for doing this."
"There should be more booths like this."
"This is what's most important isn't it."
One young couple had the absolute sweetest spirits about them...they are going to have such a sweet blessed marriage. They didn't need to stop, but it was so great to sit there and enjoy their smiles and love...Jesus poured out of their hearts by just having them stand to talk with me for a few short minutes...thank you for stopping!
One gentleman came to the booth late in the day and seemed to have gotten stopped in his tracks, turned back, took a deep breath and smiled before sharing the following:
His fiance got food poisoning and she couldn't make it, but really wanted the info from the show. He agreed to go, but knew he was going to have a hard time figuring out what he should do while he was there, but he said as soon as he saw the ToBeABride booth, he knew that this was the reason he was supposed to come to the show!
Just remember...there is so much more to marriage beyond that awaiting wedding day and hopefully you are preparing your life for the MOST IMPORTANT Wedding Day of ALL! John 3:16
Anybody Can Be A Bride Today
We know a "Bride" as the beautiful woman at a wedding, but if you are confused by the use of the word "Bride" in this blog...this term is used because we should be living a life in constant preparation for His return just as a "Bride" is constantly preparing to get ready on her wedding day (Revelation 21). We do this by having a relationship with Jesus and living a life that is pleasing to Him. The Christian Church eagerly awaits our wedding day with the Lord! If you have any questions or would like to talk about how to become part of the "Bride" and don't know who to ask, you can ask me, I would love to lead you into a relationship with Him. Read John 3:16 if nothing else!
Monday, January 11, 2010
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3 comments:
Wow all the beautiful stories brought tears to my eyes. I'm so glad you were able to share your love for Jesus and experience this time with people.
This booth is truly a blessing,not only to the customers, but to those who produce it. Thank you
Hi Baley,
I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed meeting you at the Bridal Expo (I am Willa Kveta - the Photographer who was passing out the lavender bags). I really just love what you do and think that it is so important. It touches my heart that there are people out there like you doing something like this for no other reason than to help others have happiness and success in their marriages and life! Best to you and please definitely keep in touch!
Blessings,
~Willa
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