What you find when you aren't looking!

If you have followed my blog at all you know that for 8 years or so I have been single... and not normal single, but the type of single where only an act of God could make me no longer single. Seriously, I was comfortable being single and living my life with my church and going home to my amazing dog!

Whelp, God rocked my world in May! In a weeks time multiple people had told me how myself and a person of the male persuasion would be a great couple. My response was always the same... "I am not a  cougar/pedophile." Instead of praying I laughed all these people off. I loved my life the way it was!

Here is a little background before I get to far into the story: I am 7 years older than him and This guy happened to be one of my best friends. We went to dinner and the movies all the time... We went places with friends and his family... He helped me with everything in my ministry... He took my boys on a weekend fishing trip and planned all the devotionals. I've watched him in the last year and a half go from living with his girlfriend to working as support staff at a Christian camp... He went from running from God to running to God! 

So, I was talking on the phone with my best guy friend and began telling him of all these people saying that we should date! We both laughed it off and made jokes with others like he called me his future wife to someone when i was on the phone... I about died laughing! It was all a big joke!


UNTIL... He decided that maybe we should "try it." Yeah, that's right HE wanted to TRY this dating thing with me! Is he nuts? Doesn't he know I'm single for a reason! I'm crazy and hang out with middle schoolers! So, being the godly (scared stiff, thinking he was crazy, maybe he hit his head) person that I am I told him we should fast and pray about it, not thinking he would like that idea and that would settle it! About a half an hour later he texted me and told me that we should do it! That's right HE wanted to not talk and just pray about all of this for 2 weeks! That was the hardest 2 weeks! Crazy things happened in his family and in our church and I could not talk to him and discuss it with him.

The day our two weeks was up he called at midnight! He couldn't stand it any longer and we talked for HOURS! All of a sudden I didn't care about anything else, but what God was doing between us. Within the two weeks time God had broken me of my singleness and my "I'm to godly for a relationship" thoughts. We decided to "try" this whole relationship thing...

THEN... He called my dad, that's right ladies! He called my dad who lives 12 hours away from me to ask my dad's permission to date me! I'm really in shock he did that! Seriously, in 2012 someone calls a parent for permission for to date you, you gotta jump on that! haha!


How do I know this is from God?
Throughout the years I have prayed for specific things that would show me when this person would be "the one" for me. In 2001, after coming out of a relationship, when "Good Morning, Beautiful" came out I  prayed that I would know I was suppose to be with someone when they sang this song to me in the morning... I didn't realize at the time it would be EVERY MORNING! hahaha! OR how about how convicted I had become about NOT kissing my husband before my wedding day and he feels the same way after reading Sun Stand Still. OR how I prayed that the man would call my dad and ask him to date me after reading Boy Meets Girl. OR how I prayed for someone who understands my job! OR how he is okay sitting under my teaching for youth. OR how God had me teaching about relationships this summer...

Where do we go from here? I HAVE NO IDEA?! haha! I will say that I am as giddy as a middle school girl! He has told me all about his intentions to not just date me, but to marry me! WHAT?! Marry me? I'm was thiiiiiiis close to being a crazy dog lady!  But we are walking in faith and trying to be as godly as possible throughout this process!

I definitely was not looking for this in my life right now, but God knows what I need when I need it!