I know it sounds crazy but daddy now I think I’m in love
Cause when he steps in the room my heart begins to pound
You said, “Never settle,” you promised there was one out there for me
It’s true, I might have doubted but he’s standing here and now I believe
Yes, I know you’ll be proud of the man that chose me
It’s elementary to the wise, for the fool in full disguise
Beggars bow and poets kneel, and as for me… it’s finally real
I will always love you and I will always be your little girl
None could come between us, you’ll forever be the first man in my world
But when he smiles I can see how much he reminds me of you
A man of faith, a man of strength, who loves me like you do
It’s all the time I’ve spent in tears, worth the heartache, worth the fears
To stand beside him on this day after you give me away
How long have I been sleeping? Who forgot to wake, to wake me up?
Daddy, he’s amazing, he’s everything that I’ve been dreaming of
And now he has become my very best friend…
- Kendall Payne, "Daddy"
I was 19 the first time I listened to the lyrics of the song "Daddy" by Kendall Payne. My heart had been broken- I'd been rejected, and my best friend and I were riding down the rode. She was encouraging me, and along with Reliant K's "Let It All Out", we listened to Kendall Payne's album "Paperskin." On that day, the song "Daddy" was my encouragement not to settle. I knew I wanted to be able to sing the words of the song one day and mean them, and the boys I had been dating were not men of faith nor strength. They didn't love me because if they did they wouldn't hurt me or reject me. I spent a lot of time in tears and a lot of time in fear doubting I would find "the one"- the one I would call my best friend. At times I thought I'd be better off just settling. And I'm so thankful I didn't. I'm so thankful God gave me the desire and strength to wait. To wait for him. To wait for Seth Davis Richardson.
The song above is written to Daddy. As many of you know my parents have only recently began to commit their life to the Lord. What a joy and great challenge it is to know that my life and mine and Seth's relationship have been light of Jesus Christ unto their lives. So for me my earthly Daddy is the man who will give me away on Sunday. He was the first man in my world, and I will always be his little girl. However, my Heavenly Father above is the one who has told me not to settle- the One who promised a good and perfect plan for my life. My Heavenly Daddy is the one who told me what my husband should be- a man who seeks after Him, a man who loves and respects his wife, a man of faith trusting in God, living and walking with Him.
It’s elementary to the wise, for the fool in full disguise
Beggars bow and poets kneel, and as for me… it’s finally real
On June 17, 2011 I went on my first date with the man I would sing this song about. And on October 7, 2012, only 6 days away, I will walk down the aisle. My daddy will give me away. And I will become one with my best friend. Oh what overwhelming joy to be able to marry a man that will put the Lord first in his life with me only being second to Christ. My dream- my dream of the one who will complete me- is real! Praise the Lord! Praise Him for His beautiful promise.
Praise Him because He is the one that said "It is not good for man to be alone" in Genesis Chapter 2! Praise Him for sending His Son to earth to become a sacrifice for us and shed his perfect blood to cover up all our sins! And Praise Him because in 6 days, Seth and I will enter into the Holy Covenant of Marriage! Marriage- symbolic of what the relationship between the church and Christ is. Oh how beautiful! Christ loves the church with unconditional love, and the church submits to Christ with honor and respect because He is Holy! We, the church, fail Christ and He forgives and loves unconditionally. Oh how I pray Seth and I will have a marriage that will glorify God- a marriage that will show the world a glimpse of God's love for us, a glimpse of the intimate relationship we should have with Christ.
“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come; and his Bride has made herself ready. It was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure." -Revelation 19:6b-8a
In 6 days, I will clothe myself with a dress made of fine linen, bright and pure. I will walk down an aisle, and commit myself to loving Seth Davis Richardson unconditionally until death do we part. I choose to love him, to encourage him, and to walk with him as one flesh following after the King of All Kings, the Lord of all Lords, a Savior worthy of all our praise. I will choose to abandon my old self and we will become ONE. And that is beautiful. That is a dream come true.
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