Dream Come True....Only God
SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know, I know! it is almost unbelievable and yet so completely true!!! The Lord has DONE GREAT THINGS AND WE ARE FILLED with J-O-Y JOY!!!!
This is my ring and I just love it!!!! Most of you do not know that before we officially started dating, Shane asked my parents for their blessing to date me with the intent to marry me. Yall know that I have never dated just to date. Was never my style even in high school. He, of course, received their blessing and we began our courtship fast.
We have talked about marriage from the very beginning so for us to be engaged over a short amount of time is no surprise to us. We started looking at rings the Saturday we went to Branson. He was calm, cool and collected while in each jewelry store.... while I would leave there filling sick to my stomach and crazy. Not because of the engagement part but because every ring we put on just did not go with me. Nothing was matching my personality until we entered one store and I tried the above ring on........and it was perfect!!!
Here we are right after he proposed. Lots of tears had been poured so we look a little messy but oh the joy yall. GREAT JOY!!!!
So how did he propose????? well, we had talked long and hard about not getting engaged till jan/feb-ish. Shane has a big art show in Jan (more info on that later NWA friends) and the timing seemed better to wait till then. I, of course, wanted to be engaged asap ha!
Several weeks ago Shane had gone to the jewelry store but returned saying that he didn't get it and blah blah blah. The man had me believing all these things. I even got upset about it several different times because of the stories i was hearing. Of course now it is sooooo hilarious that I prayed about it and then told him that I would not bring up the ring because I was getting my feelings hurt. HAHAHAHAHA. DRAMA!!!!!!! All the while the little toot knew my ring was on it's way.
He asked my dad over thanksgiving (while playing the guitar together...i have a pic of that which now means the world to me) and told my mom. Last Wed 12/7/11 he went to pick up the ring. I don't think he had planned on proposing that Wed night but the timing was just perfect. We had bought a new couples devotional to do once a week and decided that Wed nights would be perfect.
So last Wed night I arrived and he was cooking dinner as planned. While eating we started the devotional which just so happened to be about joy and before we knew it we were sharing our hearts. I started tearing up as I talked about what a good leader he is and will be for me. I know you will find this shocking but i can be a handful hahahhahahha!!!!!!Anyway, he came over to hung me and got on one knee. We hugged for awhile and then he ask......
"Do you want to be my most unlikely wife".....(unlikely because we were unlikely friends then an unlikely couple...)
I said "of course I do" and hugged him. I had no idea he was actually proposing to me hahaha. I leaned back and there he was....still on one knee and hold the ring.
I WAS SHOCKED!!!!!! I could not believe it!!!
Then we hugged and I sobbed! I mean sobbed. I have waited my whole life for that moment and all the sudden it was in front of me. I could not hold back my tears of joy. I mean, there we were, in the kitchen, at the table, our bibles open, and now we were committing to spend the rest of our lives together. IT WAS PERFECT!!!!! It was soooo me! sooo us! I soon could not hold my praise in. I made him sit down and I walked the kitchen and prayed out loud (and cried more)to the one that moved me to ARKANSAS and had once told me "you will never marry if you stay in DeSoto"....The Lord God is His Name and it is SOOOOOOOOO worthy of PRAISE!!!!
HE IS SOOOOO GOOD!!!
I can't stop praising HIS NAME!!!
I didn't sleep a wink that night. Made the calls, tweeted the news, and just enjoyed every moment of it! I love Shane Beyer and I can't wait to be totally his!!!!!!! ha! I AM TOTALLY GETTING MARRIED YALL!!!!!!!! Caroline Hughes Beyer.....i love that!!!
oh the joy. So the next day I had to get up and go to school...boring..all i wanted to do was make phone calls and stare at my ring ha. Because I had not been dressed cute the night before, I really wanted a few pics of us. Here we are in my office during lunch...hahhaha
then i decided to snap a few pics of myself........trying to capture the joy hahahhahha
this was Shane while I did that hahahhaahhahhhaahhahaha. This is so us. Im always on stage and he just sits back and watches hahhahahaha. We are such an unlikely couple and yet so perfect!!!!
The rest of the pictures are of us and this fall. Some from Thanksgiving, fishing, and UofA vs. Vols game.
I am soooooo overjoyed and grateful with this story God has continued to write for me. Up and moving to AR seemed crazy to some but looking back God was just bringing me closer to the man He had picked out for me since the beginning of time.
Oh the crazy journey so many of you have walked with me through. I can hardly believe that the always single Caroline is getting married in JUNE! Is God not something or what. Kelly's mom, Judy, told me very early on, during my moving/job change chapter, to believe God for BIG THINGS! Very big things......and she was right. There is nothing sweeter than walking in obedience with the Lord. If He says "Go"... you go. "Move"....you better move. Because the things He has in store for us are deep and wide and truly immeasurably more.......oh yall so immeasurably more.
I will blog soon to share more about Shane. I know so many of you have asked about his personality and stuff. I’m loud, he's not..hahhahaha. He is just the neatest blessing in my life. I can't wait to share.
I love you all. To all of you that have been reading from the beginning.....I thank you for praying me through each stage of my life. I love you so much. You have encouraged me and lifted me up time and time again. I am asking God to bless you back 10 fold.
LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU AND ONLY YOU HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS and I AM SOOOOOO FILLED WITH JOY!!!! I praise you for writing this story, this song to a way sweeter tune than I could ever write for myself. I thank you that there is great comfort and truth that Your way is the best way. Your timing is the best timing. WAITING IS WORTH IT! THRIVING IN OUR WALK WITH YOU... WHILE WE WAIT... IS SOOOOOOO WORTH IT!!!! Living, serving, giving, exploring, worshiping while we wait is WORTH IT! Following you with our whole heart is the only way. May this engagement bring you much glory and honor. May our testimony and love story bring you great JOY AND GLORY! I thank you for carrying me through every step of my life and I praise you for never leaving my side! I love you so. May every area of my life radiate with you. amen!