"are you excited?"
"big day's coming, huh?"
"can't wait right?"
"countdown."
"how many days?"

there are less than 7 at this point.

i will be married to the love of my life.

we will move into the next phase of our lives.

i am expecting God to move mightily on our behalf in the next seven days for we have sowed in faith.

there is no plan B.

in all of the hubub, i'd really want to take a moment to calmly reflect upon how far God has brought us these past two years.

two years ago...i was certainly not thinking about being in a relationship with Ron.  i was stuck with Bruce...miserable....overweight...suicidal....and hating my life.  yet, i was at Spirit and Truth, hearing the Word....living in sin...and uncomfortable as hell.  He was shaking those things that could be shaken so that what could not be shaken remained.

in october, Pastor Steph prayed for me.  the next weekend, i began falling in love...like real love....like love that i'd never felt before....not even for him the first time around.  it only took two weeks to know it was real.

and by november, i uttered the words that it took me almost 6 years to say.  "I love you".  he told me i was going to be his wife.  i knew.  we thought we were going to do a quick ceremony the next july before our birthdays.  bishop pulled me to the side and told me to give him some time to develop.  and the Holy Spirit told Ron that He was going to prepare him quickly for the things He had in store.

Ron proposed on March 9th.  we began counseling the wednesday prior.  we've continued.  stayed.  prayed.  persevered.  been dilligent.  fasted.  sowed.  given.  fallen.  and we've been redeemed by the blood countless times.

His grace and mercy are real and we have been the beneficiaries of it too many times to count.  so now, here we are.

next week by this time, we will be married.

i will be Yvonne Simms.

Yvonne Ekundayo Simms

YES.

there is no plan B.  trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not to your own understanding...in all of your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path.

God.  i'm standing.

we've come this far by faith
leaning on the Lord
trusting in His Holy Word
He never failed me yet
oooooHoooHHHooHHH
can't turn around
we've come this far by faith.

and that is the truth.  can't turn around now because there's nowhere else to turn.

so i'm just leaning on the Lord.

there is no plan B.  we're in it now.

and He will not put us to shame.

next week by this time, i'll be married....come HELL or high water.  and i know that hell is going to try to break loose.  but Satan is bound....and He's mad.

i plead the Blood of Jesus over us.  we are covered.  the gates of hell shall not prevail against us for upon us is Christ trying to build His church.  and we have overcome Satan by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony that Jesus Christ is Lord.

HALLELUJAH.