When Matt is away for whatever the Army sends him to do I've got more time to register and think and plan without being concerned about how much more time I'd rather just be sitting next to him holding his hand. Yeah, I said that. He's going to be embarrassed, or proud? I feel like I am turning around every two minutes saying to no one but the cat, "I GET TO SPEND ALL MY LIFE WITH THIS PERSON! YAY!". As much as I hate registering for gifts (it's complicated), I can't help but see these things in a home one day- that we'll use together. OH my goodness this is getting sappy.
We are by no means a "perfect" couple. We don't have everything together, but I think that together, we work very much like any well adjusted individual would. We have some wonderful characteristics, some areas where we want to improve, areas where we don't even know we'll need improvement on. We are a constant work of art that I believe God is also continuing to work on until the completion at the end of time.
I wish I could fully express to my single friends how very much I did not expect to be saying any of this about a year and a half ago. No one can say I don't know what it's like to be single as an adult. I was single, and eventually contentedly so- getting along and living life on my own in a great town. It wasn't always peachy (thinking back to a conversation with my roommate about how as single ladies in a weird kind of town, we get to be best friends with our televisions... and cats). Sometimes it was lonely, but more often than not, I was just as I am now. Having experienced and watched so many different kinds of relationships break and others work out, I find it hard to give a LOT of advice on the subject-- everyone relationship is different! However, speaking from my experience, I can confidently say that there's no point in forcing relationships that you know won't work out. There's no point in being hopeful for things you know aren't right for you. Cautiously waiting and keeping an active life and lookout for God's will for your life and potentially a husband or wife while still living very much in the present is a balance worth striving for. If you are a Christian, and believe that even in your relationships you ought to honor God, it is worth it to break up with the guy/girl you feel the Spirit telling you to break up with. I didn't, and I wasted a lot of time and emotional stress! It was WAY more fun being single than it was being in an unhealthy relationship! It is worth it to endure the heartache when it happens, and it is worth it to find and love someone at the right time as opposed to forcing our own timing in these matters.
Lovely Words That Change My Life
Anyway, I've got to get going. God is good, and in this month where we focus so much on giving thanks, I am. so thankful.
Lindsay
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