Matthew: I think if you asked me one month into our relationship I would have told you that I undoubtedly loved Sarah. I thought love was a feeling back then. Felt in the butterflies I would get in my stomach when Sarah walked in a room, or just the way we looked at each other when we were still in the honeymoon stages of our relationship. I’ve learned that love isn’t always a feeling as much as it is a choice. To wake up every day and to choose to love each other over anything else. I believe we can only love like this because we were first loved by Jesus. God has a love for both of us that is higher and better than any love we could give each other, but we are committed to try every day to love each other as unconditionally as we can. This is what we want to show everyone through our marriage. We hope that everyone can see a reflection of Christ’s love in us, and ask what makes that love so special. There is no doubt in my mind that Jesus has been with us in each stage of our relationship. Now if you would ask me, almost six and a half years into our relationship, I would tell you that I do completely love Sarah. Waking up and choosing her every day is one of the easiest decisions I get to make. In making that choice each day, I find that the feelings never leave, I still get butterflies, and I still haven’t left the honeymoon stage.

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