Welcome To Our Love Story

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear lasting fruit – so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give to you (John 15:16). We all have hopes and dreams that we would one day achieve something so great it would be beyond our wildest imaginations. As for us, we always knew that we were given a special call – a call to love. We proudly earned the call of the Love Byrd’s. Every journey begins with a choice. A single step in the right direction can propel you into the highest levels of an empowered life. One of the main purposes of our love journey is to encourage others that true love is possible. It is our desire that our love story would help uncover hidden treasures and enhance relationships along the way. Our journey of love began long before either of us realized that we were being groomed for one another. We experienced many pivotal points prior to being brought together to make this dream a reality. We knew we needed an extraordinary love to withstand past relationship experiences, every day bad choices and our hurts from our past. From the very beginning, our relationship was predisposed to twists and turns not thinkable for most couples. Suffice it to say, growing up we traveled different paths, but in the end two paths collided and our destiny ensued. Our individual dreams created and called into existence what we specifically wanted in a mate without ever knowing that we would truly one day find it. Yet, we were brought together as one.

We focused on the possibility that God could bring the most unlikely couple together for one sole purpose – to serve and love one another selflessly. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty (Psalm 8:2). We are called lovers of love. God is love— and we seek this kind of love through our passion to please one another. This is no ordinary love, but we know the love that brought us together is the love we found in one another through our love for Jesus Christ and the answered prayers of our elders.

One of our guiding principles for action: “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the other” (Phil. 2:3-4). Today, we believe acting on our values is truly a main part of our love story. We focus on words like serving, loving, honesty, dedication, commitment, consistency, steadiness and diligence; to name a few. These values create an environment that consistently draws out the best of each of us. We allow nothing to come between our love for each other nor our love for our God. (Jeremiah 31:3).

As we share our love story, it is our hopes that from our experiences you can gain positive take-aways to use in your own life and relationship. Strong relationships require work and effort and intentionality on both parts. We pray that the message you receive demonstrated from our core values and guiding principles, would assist you in strengthening your relationships and marital bound. The set of core values, which you will see threaded throughout our stories, are intended to not only show how we consistently challenge to out serve each other, but also to highlight the grace of God on our marriage.

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At this Service Billy & Darlene Byrd