Faith, Hope & Love
Faith. Hope. Love.
We see these words all the time on wall decorations or throw pillows. We hear them spoken almost without thought. For many, these three words have lost their power because of their prevalence in our lives. We may see them, but fail to recognize their impact. We hear them, but don’t internalize.
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If your social media feed is anything like ours, you see the divisiveness and hate. You are bombarded with misery and bleakness. And it feels endless.
Trying to plan a wedding during these turbulent times of sickness, hatred, and discord can be very disheartening. It can feel as if the world is against your joy. The uncertainty of whether or not there will even be a wedding can wear you down.
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Not everyone has the same faith (and that is ok!), but often our faith, our belief in a higher power, is what gets through the hardest times in our lives. Most people of the Christian faith probably know that the decorative pillows come from 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)- “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” Even if you don’t follow the Christian beliefs, this verse can impact your life and your thoughts.
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Our good friend Katie is planning a wedding for the fall and she says, “From a faith perspective, I know that God knew this virus was coming, it wasn’t a surprise and with that, there’s confidence He will lead the right doctors to finding a vaccine. In relation to weddings, it’s hard to know the right call to make. You’re torn because you want the wedding of your dreams, but coupled with traveling guests, it’s also not the safest. So, you’re making the call on what’s best for the health of your guests, not what you want to do. It’s hard, you’re glued to the news, monitoring it, hoping that it will be safe enough to move forward but it [COVID-19] will be with us through the fall and I want to hug people at my wedding!”
But faith doesn’t have to be a religious concept. It is complete trust or confidence in someone or something- a belief that everything will work out. So many times, our sanity and our ability to hold on to hope, is the deep-seated belief that things will happen for the best.
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Our lead stylist, Suzanne uses her faith to keep moving forward with her winter wedding plans. “I fear that they will require masks and that I may not get to have everyone there that I want to be there. But honestly try not to think about that and just push forward like nothing is going to change because I still have a little less than 6 months and a lot can change in that amount of time!”
This is a hard time to “think happy thoughts” that everything will work out. It can be daunting to hang on to the hope that your wedding day will be everything you wanted and more. We need these ideals of faith, hope, and love even more right now to overcome the fear and doubt.
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“But the greatest of these is love.” This may be the most important thing we can share with you. When everything else fades away or fails- love remains. Use your love for your fiancé to get you through these times. Use your love for your family to make the best decision for your wedding. Use your love of humanity to help spread positivity throughout the world. We need to actively strive to live a more positive life and be the light for someone else. We can be the reason that someone has hope today. And we can be the vehicle for restoring someone’s faith.
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