15 years ago today I said, "uh huh"
I was supposed to say "I do" but that's just not what came out. It had nothing to do with cold feet and everything to do with how overwhelmed and overjoyed I was that I was finally going to be his wife.
It had been such a long wait (that seems to be our theme).
We had been together for 5 years. We met when we were 16 and dated for almost a year before he left for the Air Force Academy. We spent the next 4 years long distance, him in Colorado, me in Wisconsin.
As with every "wait", when we started it felt like it would be forever till we could be together, but by the end the time had flown.
God has this way of highlighting the joyful parts and fading the pain into the background.
Also like every "wait" it was so worth the it! Our wedding day was beautiful, but the life that we have made out shines it by far.
We were children when we got married (21) and we had no idea what the years would bring. We've had our share of pain but even through the pain we laughed (BJ has always been able to make me laugh) so even the painful stuff isn't so bad. God highlights the joyful parts and fades the pain to the background.
Once again we find ourselves at the beginning of a "wait". And once again it feels like it will be forever till we are together. Thankfully God is so good to have shown us in the past that once we are on the other side of the "wait" the time will have flown. And when we look back on this year He will have highlighted the joyful parts and the pain will fade.
But for today I am just so thankful that I am still as overwhelmed and overjoyed to be his wife as I was 15 years ago. I would joyfully say "uh huh" all over again.
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