Real Love

Surprise Marriage Proposal Serenade at Church

• September 9, 2013
• by Tracey Lyles

Engagement Date August 25, 2013
Wedding Date April 12, 2014

In Christina’s Words:

How did you two meet?
Kevin and I officially met at a “homegroup,” which is a community group in which you meet with individuals from the church to grow in fellowship and grow in the knowledge of the gospel. To give you the backstory, I knew of Kevin as the Worship Leader at a church in Midlothian called Stonegate Church. I had been attending there with my sister and her fiancé, right after I had graduated from OSU and had come home from college.

From the first service I attended at Stonegate Church until the time that we actually met I had a little crush on Kevin. My sister would elbow me every Sunday when he would start singing. My initial thoughts at the time were “Here is a Godly guy who loves the Lord, he is completely gorgeous, and has an absolutely incredible voice…. This guy is the real deal.”

Granted I still think all of these thoughts currently, but what I am most attracted to is his passion and heart for Jesus. This was displayed through his worship the first time I noticed him, and that I have continued to see as we started and walked through the last 6 months of our relationship.

How did he propose?
Since Kevin is an artist and writes his own songs, he decided to write a beautiful song called
“I Choose You” which paints a clear picture of love. Ultimately this song talks about God’s love towards us in Jesus. It is a reflection of Kevin’s love for me, and how the meaning of marriage ultimately displays the love of Christ. Little did I know he was writing this song, planning to sing it to me and to propose on August 25, 2013.

Kevin proposed on that Sunday at Stonegate Church at the 11:00 service. My family and I had gotten there early, so we sat in the third row close to the front of the stage. It was like any other service; nothing seemed out of the ordinary at the time. Kevin led worship like he always does and then came and sat by me during the service.

Pastor Rodney Hobbs finishes up the sermon and Kevin leaves to lead us in one last song of worship like he normally does. However, this time Kevin stood up on stage like he was about to lead us in worship and said I wrote a song for you guys and I hope you like it. At this point I still did not think anything was weird or out of the ordinary…until I heard the lyrics:

“A woman who fears the lord is to be praised
She acknowledges him in all her ways
Then I pursued that girl
She is worth the fight
She is my forever
She is who I want to be wife.”

“Cause I choose her to be by my side
I choose her and I lay down my life
I’ll always be faithful and I’ll love her right
I choose her to be my bride.”

What do you love most about your engagement ring?
My ring is beautiful, stunning, and simple. But what I love most about my ring is that Kevin picked it out all on his own. Not only that, but he added a diamond on the inside of the wedding band from his Mother’s ring who passed away to breast cancer when he was 9 years old. I look at the ring and I honestly think I couldn’t have picked a better ring myself. It is perfect in every way. I want to sincerely thank Randell Massie at the Arlington location for helping Kevin pick it out!

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Tracey Lyles

A hopeful romantic and enthusiastic UCLA grad, Tracey serves as Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Robbins Brothers. For leisure she enjoys shopping, dancing, hosting parties for family & friends and staying abreast of the latest celebrity news.

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