As we celebrate our fifth anniversary today, we wanted to devote this blog post to those of you who were a part of our wedding as participants. We truly believe that if you are involved in a wedding ceremony, whether it be as part of the wedding party, the pastor(s), ushers, or musicians that you are a part of affirming the marriage of the bride and the groom. When we chose you to participate, it was because you were each uniquely special to us and it was important for us to have people in our wedding who value marriage as much as we do. Thank you all for standing with us on that day as we began our life together and for your love, prayers, encouragement and support since.We cherish our individual friendships with you, and though we live apart from most, we think of you often and pray that God would continue to bless you as you seek His face. Each of you that participated in the wedding should have received (or will shortly) a personal card from us thanking you specifically for what you mean to our family. The Lord has blessed us immensely with your friendship and we cherish you greatly. From Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and beyond you have blessed us more than you will ever know.
We would be remiss if we did not affirm that it is only through the cross of Christ that we can stand before God as righteous and know peace. It is our prayer that if you are walking with the Lord that you would continue to press on toward the goal. If you are far from the Lord, may He draw you in and show Himself faithful.
Thank you again for making our wedding day five years ago so special. We love and appreciate all of you and ask that you would continue to keep us in your prayers as we seek to glorify God in our marriage, family, and ministry.
Love,
Chris and Stephanie
Matron of Honor Wendy and Best Man Matt
Our wonderful wedding party: Steve, Kari, Jon, Jenny, Wendy, Lindsey, Jeff, Jacob, Brooke, Matt, Heather, Micah, Katie, Tim, Seth, and Lauryn
Our ushers: Gary, Kerry, Jim, Joel, Aaron and Kyle (not pictured)
One of our favorite parts of our wedding was the music. Special thanks to Kevin, Kristin, Eric, Barry, and Violet. We still cannot believe how unbelievably beautiful the music was!
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We would love to hear from you! Please do not hesitate to write us at thedilleys@gmail.com or call.
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It can't be five years already. Wow, and what a five years its been. That's for sharing a lot of that five years with us.
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Dilleys,
ReplyDeleteCan't tell you how wonderful it was to hear from you guys (and receive such a nice card)! The world needs more families like yours: joyous, loving, and certainly kind-hearted.
Congratulations on five years, hope to see you guys again soon!