May all who enter as guests, Leave as Friends.
Also I want to let you know more about me and the wonderful things in which the Lord is doing in my life! I just have to tell you about a wonderful friend that found me about a year and 4 months ago. :)
The story has so many crazy, romantic, hilarious, and impossible details that you will have to wait for the whole thing. The first thing I remember about the story was one day in a small group Bible study I offered a Bible to a red-haired boy who had come in shyly. When he showed up at the Church drama practice the next week I was the one who felt shy, though we had only said a few sentences to each other. The next evening he tried to text me, and I politely told him that I don't text guys without my dad's permission, date casually, or any of that. My mind told me that once again, my chances are slim to ever find someone with that vision. As so do many of us who are "different". :)
He had not even a the slightest clue about what I was talking about or had he ever heard of a young lady that told him the things that I told him, yet he was interested in this "new" way. So as I had many times in the past (to other friends) I gave him a copy of Joshua Harris book I Kissed Dating Goodbye knowing that he wouldn't read it. This cleared my mind that the message was out there and I did my part, not even suspecting that in a few short months he would not only read that book, but the sequel Boy Meets Girl. (Later he read The Five Love Languages Gary Chapman, What He Must Be Voddie Bocham, and many more!!!) We talked at Church, and soon that wasn't good enough for him.
I will never forget the Sunday that he came over for dinner. Isn't it strange how people in love have a glossy view of things that others can't even glimpse?? Well, that was the one night in my life I noticed that people have BLUE eyes! Wow, where have blue-eyes been all my life? Maybe since my whole family is brown who knows, but there they were across the table talking to me.
My father brought a large, black, army rifle and laid it down in front of Bradley. This was a standard procedure for dad. I remember the huge smile and the knowing laugh that Bradley gave. Later he told me that he was so glad to see that I was protected and loved, even through the joke that was pulled on him.
Bradley was not raised in the same Church as I, the type of home, the community, or the family unit. There are many ways that he has obviously changed on the outside, and countless ways on the inside all because of his own hunger for truth, real love, authority, and God. It is a miraculous story that started several years ago and I will continue it later. :)
The pictures I have scattered throughout this page are from our first courting months, when we chose to not touch at all! Several months later we began holding hands, then right before our engagement we starting hugging. We are continuing to save our first kiss until the wedding day!! To some it may sound too hard (which it is a challenge!) but so many rewards and blessings have been reaped that we are more and more determined everyday that this is the only way!!!
May the Lord richly bless you!
Heather Nichole
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