If the road to photography has taught me anything…it’s that my plans are seldom ever God’s plans.

If life has taught me anything…it’s that God’s plans are always the right plans!

And I’m starting to be okay with it.

I’ll admit that’s its taken me a while to come around and I certainly still struggle with letting go of control.

Throughout my life, I’ve definitely been Jonah in the belly of the whale…thrashing about in stubbornness, trying to convince God that I can do it all on my own.  At other times, I’ve been Jacob…and just outright fighting with God, only to find myself walking around limping from my battle wounds.

Nonetheless…God has plans.  Plans that are beyond my own.

I have pursued careers, relationships, the wrong shade of lipstick…you name it…all because it’s what I thought I wanted.  Only to be derailed and – despite the pain of being wrestled into submission – discovering that what was given to me was far better than what I ever I thought I wanted to begin with.

I won’t say too much in the post about the brilliant couple you’re about to see.  Mostly because, no words I can say will do them justice.  But I will say this; Stuart is God’s plan for Brittney.  He is meant to be more than just her husband.  He is meant to be her best friend…her partner…her number one fan for life.  He is meant to help her be who God always intended her to be.

Brittney is God’s plan for Stuart.  She is meant to be more than just his wife.  She is meant to be his confidante…his voice of reason…his shoulder to lean on when things get tough.  She is meant to help him be who God always intended him to be.

There is more to all of this as well though.

Because Brittney was meant to be more than just a bride to me.  Photography may have brought us together [thank you, God!]…but His plan is what was behind it all.  And his plan was for her to walk into my life and light it up with her radiance and friendship.  His plan was to encourage me through her loyalty and compassion.  His plan was to help me see Him…through her.

She is meant to help me be who God always intended me to be.

And I know better now than to ever question God’s great plans!