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Sistazas Summer 2025 Bridal Edition

Sistazas Empowered: Summer Bridal Edition This month’s issue is a love letter to your journey before the vows and far beyond. Whether you’re newly engaged, halfway to the aisle, or dreaming about your forever after, this issue was made with you in mind. Inside, you’ll find practical tools, heartfelt stories, and faith-rooted wisdom to guide, uplift, and inspire your next steps. What’s inside for YOU: ✨ 2025 Bridal Trends, Tools & Timelines From dress silhouettes to guest etiquette and digital planning apps, get the must-knows now. Before the Vows: Devotionals & Soul Work Nurture your heart and your relationship with our printable guides and journaling prompts. Real Talk, Real Love Honest stories on marriage, money, menopause, blended families, and building a life that lasts. Cultural Style & Sacred Traditions Explore faith-based ceremonies, cross-cultural weddings, and legacy-rich vendor shoutouts. The Sistazas Registry Starter List & Gift Guides Non-traditional, thoughtful gifts that reflect your values and your vision for forever. PLUS: Expert features from pastors, coaches, and empowered women of faith From legal & financial planning to spiritual intimacy and legacy building. This isn’t just wedding prep it’s heart prep. Step into a community that sees your union as sacred, your future as purposeful, and your voice as powerful. Read it. Share it. Live it. This is your season. Let’s make it unforgettable. Explore the Summer Bridal Edition now.

💔➡️💍 From Heartbreak to Holy Union

One Sistaza’s Journey Through Grief, Healing, and God-Orchestrated Love

I used to believe heartbreak had the final word.

After five years in a relationship that I thought would lead to marriage, it all

unraveled. No betrayal. No drama. Just silence where there used to be laughter,

and distance where there used to be dreams. The ending that doesn’t come

with closure, only questions.

I blamed myself. Maybe I wasn’t enough. Maybe I was too much. For months, I

tried to patch the ache with distractions, work, friends, even ministry. I smiled in

public, but behind closed doors, I begged God to take the sting away.

But He didn’t. Not at first.

Instead, God sat with me in the pain.

Not rushing me to “get over it,” but

gently walking me through it. I learned

how to grieve with grace. I journaled. I

went to therapy. I took long walks. I

unlearned the lie that I had to shrink to

be chosen.

I stopped praying for “the one” and

started praying for wholeness.

And then, one evening at a friend’s

community dinner, I met Jordan.

Not the fireworks kind of moment. Just

two people passing salad and sharing

stories. We became friends first. Then

prayer partners. Then one night,

without fanfare, he told me, “I’ve been

asking God if I’m worthy of loving you.”

Not if I loved him. But if he was worthy

of the assignment of loving me. That

was the moment my knees buckled, not

from romance—but from recognition.

Holy love doesn’t rescue. It reflects.

It reflects God’s goodness to us when

we’ve forgotten it for ourselves. Jordan

didn’t complete me. He confirmed what

I’d come to know: that love isn’t the

prize, it’s the posture. one of grace,

growth, and God-first foundation.

We got married last June. No grand

cathedral. Just our family, a backyard,

and a covenant built on healing,

honesty, and faith.

I share this not because my story is

perfect, but because it serves as proof.

Proof that God writes redemption in

real time, and heartbreak doesn’t have

the final word.

Healing does.

Wholeness does.

Holy union does.

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