We saw Tenth Avenue North in concert together in October, 2012. I’ll skip through the up and down events leading up to that night, but I will say that it felt like a God-thing that we were there. To this day, we think of it as a special night.
So when it came time to thinking about wedding songs – in particular, the song that I would walk down the aisle to – we thought we would select one of theirs. We were very intentional about making decisions surrounding our wedding day based on what was meaningful to the two of us and thought about special things that only we shared together. It had dawned on us one evening that using one of their songs would be perfect. We had to find one with the right tempo and the right lyrics. We both overwhelmingly agreed that it would be “By Your Side”.
The video I am sharing in this post is the same one we used on our wedding day. I really wanted people to focus on the beautiful words of this song. So the video played for them and the doors didn’t open for me to walk into the room until the second verse started.
I know that my God will always be by my side, and so will my best friend, who married me on that day.
Do you have a special story about the wedding song you picked?
“By Your Side” Tenth Avenue North (partial lyrics)
Why are you striving these days
Why are you trying to earn grace
Why are you crying
Let me lift up your face
Just don’t turn away
Why are you looking for love
Why are you still searching
As if I’m not enough
To where will you go child
Tell me where will you run
To where will you run
‘Cause I’ll be by your side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
And please don’t fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you
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I still see you walking through those doors. Heart stopped, O my goodness. There aren’t words. So amazed and thankful that He is by our side, and yes, I will be too. So gratefully there.