Love


I have written about this one many a time, but it always sems to be a very big theme with me.

I have a friend who just announced his engagement to a girl he has been dating for only ten weeks. This wouldn't be a big thing to most people except that he has only known her for ten weeks. Now this little tidbit can raise more than a few eyebrows. How can he be so sure that she is the right one for him when he has only known her for ten weeks? I have the answer to that very big question in one even bigger word:
God.

My sister met a guy and in two weeks, he asked her to marry him. That was over eleven years ago, and they are happier now then they ever have been. They went through some tough times, but God has kept them together and has grown their love for each other over the years. Many people say that it takes a long time to develop the kind of love it takes to get married on. I say it takes a Godly amount of time. The God who made the world in six days can create an everlasting love, so powerful that nothing can break it, in a matter of days, or even hours. That's what my God can do.
This is not to say that a relationship that has built over time is meaningless. There's something about two people who have known each other forever, and when they have God in their lives, the marriage is just that much more special. My brother and his wife knew each other for seven years before they even thought about dating. They were best friends through everything. Dating was the natural next step, and then came marriage. It's hard to think about going through life without your best friend by your side.
But you can also gain a best friend in a matter of moments. All it takes is God.

I thought about marriage the other day and the thought really seemed strange to me. Here you have two people who are traveling down lifes road and they happen to meet. They travel alongside each other for a while, going over bumps, and changing lanes every once in a while, sometimes taking a turn off to go to a different town, and sometimes coming back. Now for some reason. These two people with completely different view points on where their life is headed and what they want to do with their lives, suddenly decide that they like each other. They start driving very close to each other and eventually, they both pull over and one person leaves their car and gets in the others and they drive off into life. Both of them let go of their individual dreams to persue one big dream together. One filled with love and laughter, good times and bad times. But through it all; flat tires, running out of gas, breakdowns, they will face it together, and they become stronger people for that.

To all of you maried people out there, I salute you. You have faced the most terrifying thing of all; Major Life Change, and you came out of it on top. I hope to one day follow in your footsteps and make one very special woman, the happiest woman in the world!