Ok, so this post is definitely an excuse to share a few of my favorite engagement pics with you all. Can’t hide the truth! I’ve also been wanting to write about/share some thoughts on being engaged, in case anyone cares to read. Writing is so therapeutic, and it documents these in-between seasons I might one day have a tendency to forget.
Prior to getting engaged, I didn’t think engagement would do much to change my relationship with Manoah. We have known each other for many years, so I assumed our dating habits would become our engaged-people habits. I could not have been more wrong!
Being engaged made us more intentional and much more motivated to spend time together. Throughout our time being engaged, we’ve spent a great deal of time slowly integrating our lives. We started attending church together and leading a community group, we began working for the same office (hah, not exactly normal but it’s been real fun!), we started hanging out with each other’s friends more regularly, and we carved out time to dream about the future.
How do you put into word the love you feel for another human who’s grown up by your side and is about to commit to partnering with you for life? How do I explain the sense of apprehension we feel about entering this new life stage together, yet the sense of security that’s been instilled due to our care for one another? There’s so much going on, but we are learning to be for one another in all things. We are slowly starting to understand how to anticipate one another’s needs and provide where we can.
I’ve always known that Manoah is one of the greatest blessings in my life, but being engaged to him certainly solidified this belief. I’ll try not to bore you with my sappiness, but he’s cared for me, encouraged me, joked with me, hugged me, and sacrificed for me in ways that just make me feel really lucky to call him a partner for life.
Engagement has really been a season of patience for Manoah and for me, and this has been most prevalent in our relationships with the Lord. God has been meeting us in places of weakness and frustration and reminding us of His goodness on a daily basis. Being engaged is so joyful and exciting, but it’s also strange because you just wanna get married already (esp if you’re engaged for a full year like us!). I think I’ve been learning over and over just how important it is to trust that God has plans for us, and I don’t need to worry if they’re good. He knows my fears and how to calm them, and I know that one day we’ll look back on this year and laugh at all the little worries we faced together.
Our wedding is 45 days away, and I could not be more thrilled about all the change to come. It’s scary to not know what it will be like living together for the first time or knowing even where we will live in LA! Being in your 20’s means to be in a season of growth and transition. I’m convinced God created these years in our lives of constant change so that when we’re older, we can more greatly appreciate the stability and peace naturally born out of routine.
I hope that wherever you are, whether you are married or not, this season is full of love and laughter and reflection on God’s goodness. Being young is so strange and hard at times – being young is to be misunderstood! But yet we are known and loved and blessed by our Father. I feel these blessings so strongly through Manoah’s love for me, but regardless of the romantic love of another, I am encouraged knowing that there is something for everyone with God.
If you wanna know more about how Manoah proposed, click here
Much love, xx
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