The Wedding Video That Went Viral
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Day 153 of Photo Inspirations — The Wedding Photo That Went Viral
Having a God-centered marriage was the key to our 44-years of wedded bliss — well, it wasn’t ALL bliss — there were tough times, disappointments, struggles and challenges…..but even so, because we founded our marriage on the foundation God and His Word — making Him our central focus, we weathered the storms, overcame the hurdles and were actually able to say we had wedded bliss.
When I saw this Saturday wedding photo on Facebook of a Marine and his bride posted by their North Carolina photographer, it made my heart leap for joy. U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Caleb Earwood and his bride, Maggie, wanted to keep the tradition of not seeing each other before their wedding, but they did want to pray together. “They put their hands around the wall and then he started crying. And when he started crying, she started crying. And then everybody in the room started crying. And then I almost started crying.” So explains the man who took the wedding photo now seen around the world. “I felt it’s right that we should have said a prayer, I asked God to protect us, to help us,” Cpl. Earwood said.
The picture has now captured the hearts of people around the country. There are thousands of likes and shares on Facebook. “I’ve had a lot of people message me and say, ‘In today’s world, thank you for showing this is the way it should be,'” Schmidt (the photographer) said.
I was so blessed to see this precious couple and the desire they had for putting God first in their marriage. They knew what they needed most: the blessing of God.
Shouldn’t the desires of that young couple be our desires, too? We need to seek God before each new day begins and then all through the day. When we live our lives independently of God — it shows an attitude of “self sufficiency”. Self reliance instead of God-reliance is part and parcel of the reason for so many of our failings. Seeing this young couple’s dependence on God at the onset of their marriage certainly shows their desire to rely on He Who instituted marriage in the first place. Just as a home needs a firm foundation to last, the same goes for us. We need to be firmly planted on an unmovable source to outlast the storms of life. God is unchanging and immovable. If we build our foundation upon Him we, too, can be immovable and unshakeable.