Please pray for my friend Ian.
He had a terrible car accident almost 2 years ago. His life is miraculous, but he still has a long way to go. He is in a wheelchair and unable to verbally communicate. While we know he is in there, his family and friends miss him very much.
I so admire his girlfriend, Larissa. She has stuck by him through this whole journey, never leaving his side. She says she will be his girlfriend until God tells her otherwise. She is such an incredible testimony of love.
Please pray that God would heal Ian. Also please pray that someday, he and Larissa can get married. I want that blessing for them more than anything.

Pray For Ian: Pics

My wonderful husband

I have not yet been married a month, and already I know I have the best husband in the world. biased? Perhaps, but with good reason. He is not just wonderful because he has gotten me flowers twice since we got married. Not only because after I was so tired yesterday I came home to find him already cooking dinner so I could lie on the couch and read. Not even because of the wine and candlelight.
I adore Allen Robert Paisley because he points me toward God. I have had some discouraged days lately, and when I am discouraged, I often email him from work. Instead of ignoring my emails (even though he totally could because he is so busy) or even writing me back with lots of compliments from his own mouth, he responds with an email or call quoting scripture. He digs in the Word, finds something encouraging and then passes it my way. I love that he values my relationship with our Father so much that he would rather my focus be on God then on him. Because let me tell you, I love to focus on Allen. And the coolest thing is, he has been doing this through our whole dating relationship. When we were dating and he was trying so hard to guard me and my emotions, he would say "I have so many things I want to say to you, but I want to guard your heart, so here is what I think God would like to say."
And the thing is, my heart is his now (second to being God's) and he doesnt have to "guard" it anymore, but he still points me to our Lord.
How blessed I am.
Thank you, God, for my husband

Can you see how much I adore him?

love

Song of Solomon 2:10-13
My lover spoke and said to me,
"Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, and come with me.

See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.

Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.

The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me."

ps-- my friend Beth is a genius photographer!