9 Months

9 months (and a day) ago, I went on a first date, to a rodeo, with a college friend/co-teacher's assistant. I don't think either of us expected anything long-term to come of it and just set our minds to enjoy the evening. We had a marvelous time being ourselves and enjoying eachother. So... we got together again and made dinner and ate it together. That was fun too. So we did it again... and again. And before long, we realized we were doing something that people call dating! Gasp!

9 months later, this college friend/co-teacher's assistant has become one of my dearest, most trusted friends, who I still enjoy being with, talking to, thinking about, and praying for. These past four weeks have been the longest time apart from eachother since that first date in October, 2010. And yet, somehow, instead of growing apart, we draw closer to one another. We have had to work at new modes of communication and have had to arrange our schedule more carefully to get time "together"... and when we do get a chance to write, skype, or talk on the phone, it's not nearly as often, personal, or long as each of us would prefer. And yet, still, we grow closer...

"Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders You have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak of them, they would be too many to declare." ~ Psalm 40:5

Like a baby at conception, our relationship started with just a few small cells of attachment, attraction, attention... whatever you want to call it (or my case, denial)! Also like a baby in gestation, 9 months can bring about a lot of positive changes, resulting in something miraculous, beautiful, amazing, and unexplainable in any way other than: GOD. It was His design and plan and it happened just the way He wanted it to.

Thank you, Luke Adam Morrow, for leading and accompanying me on this journey of getting to know eachother and the Lord better every day. It's been a great 9 months... and that's a great understatement! :-)

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p.s. In case Luke (or any of you!) worry that I have perhaps "forgotten" about him on my Belgian adventures, I put together a little video, based on a true story about a girl in Belgium, which you may find enjoyable... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RwANoNXZvs