It all started over a fooseball table.....
I'm in college just looking for the next party, barely making the grade (if at all). I was just waiting, waiting for something and then...
Some of my friends say, "let's go to the beach over Easter break". That is totally cool with me cause I'm game for whatever whenever and most definately anything at the beach. It turns out thata large group of others are going too and we headed over to the student center to meet up with them. I don't remember who was doing the introducing but, I do remember "THE GUY". I didn't predict he was my going to be my soulmate or get a bolt of lighting but, something subtle and different came through me as I looked up over the foseball table at his big blue eyes. It was almost like, just for that mili-second, everything slowed down, anyway, the meeting left a mark on me. How was I to know that at that moment I had met the one God was going to use to teach me who He was.
The boy I met, he was not so innocent, not preachy, really smart and not offensive. However, he was subtle, disciplined, strong, faithful and trustworthy. Hmmm, trustworthy....wow, that word is something I just didn't do and certainly wasn't worthy of. It would take me many years to truly know and live the meaning of that word. However, that boy I met over the Fooseball table....God would use him to unravel the meaning so that I could learn to trust and be trusted.
Some of my friends say, "let's go to the beach over Easter break". That is totally cool with me cause I'm game for whatever whenever and most definately anything at the beach. It turns out thata large group of others are going too and we headed over to the student center to meet up with them. I don't remember who was doing the introducing but, I do remember "THE GUY". I didn't predict he was my going to be my soulmate or get a bolt of lighting but, something subtle and different came through me as I looked up over the foseball table at his big blue eyes. It was almost like, just for that mili-second, everything slowed down, anyway, the meeting left a mark on me. How was I to know that at that moment I had met the one God was going to use to teach me who He was.
The boy I met, he was not so innocent, not preachy, really smart and not offensive. However, he was subtle, disciplined, strong, faithful and trustworthy. Hmmm, trustworthy....wow, that word is something I just didn't do and certainly wasn't worthy of. It would take me many years to truly know and live the meaning of that word. However, that boy I met over the Fooseball table....God would use him to unravel the meaning so that I could learn to trust and be trusted.
The next day was departure day and I was riding with a different boy, someone who was fake and being quite a jerk so about halfway to the beach we stopped for gas and I jumped into a little red Nissan pick up truck. I smiled and said , "can I ride with you"? There was not much of a choice since I was already making myself comfortable squishing in with the two that were already in the seat. We didn't know it but, this would be the beginning of eternity for us.
Once at the beach and seeing the "BEACH HOUSE" we were going to be staying in was actually a trailer with no water and no where near the beach, we were almost out of luck but, thank goodness for my trusty American Express card! We did get a room right on the beach and I think we had 7 people crammed in one room. That boy and I, we stayed close for the majority of the trip, just hanging out and talking. We talked about music, sports, family and life. By the time the trip was ending I think we were both invested in hoping there would be something more between us.
More there was, over the next few years we would be dating, married, have our first child and starting out on our journey together as a family. All this time, God was using my husband in a might way. He taught me that there was more for me and I was not OK however, I would be, I could be...IF I chose to be.
There is way too much in the many lessons that I learned through my husbands charcter, unconditional love and faith to say in this small glimpse. My point is, you never know who you are influencing by the way you choose to live, what you choose to share or living a life of encouragement.
Encouragement is what finally spoke to my heart and began my search for more. He didn't know what God was doing through him and he didn't do it on purpose. It was just him allowing me to see glimpses of God in him. I want to be that for my kids, my mom, all those who don't know that there is more.
My prayer is that through those God given glimpses and on to many, many more glimpses will be seen for others to know and live on through the generations to come.
Once at the beach and seeing the "BEACH HOUSE" we were going to be staying in was actually a trailer with no water and no where near the beach, we were almost out of luck but, thank goodness for my trusty American Express card! We did get a room right on the beach and I think we had 7 people crammed in one room. That boy and I, we stayed close for the majority of the trip, just hanging out and talking. We talked about music, sports, family and life. By the time the trip was ending I think we were both invested in hoping there would be something more between us.
More there was, over the next few years we would be dating, married, have our first child and starting out on our journey together as a family. All this time, God was using my husband in a might way. He taught me that there was more for me and I was not OK however, I would be, I could be...IF I chose to be.
There is way too much in the many lessons that I learned through my husbands charcter, unconditional love and faith to say in this small glimpse. My point is, you never know who you are influencing by the way you choose to live, what you choose to share or living a life of encouragement.
Encouragement is what finally spoke to my heart and began my search for more. He didn't know what God was doing through him and he didn't do it on purpose. It was just him allowing me to see glimpses of God in him. I want to be that for my kids, my mom, all those who don't know that there is more.
My prayer is that through those God given glimpses and on to many, many more glimpses will be seen for others to know and live on through the generations to come.
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