And What to my Wondering Eyes Should Appear?
Yesterday I was upstairs doing laundry and watching my youngest two kids play with their toys while the older kids were off at school. My older kids have 2 computers that they use exclusively and, sadly, rarely do I check up on them anymore. I trust them. But I was reminded yesterday that trust is not enough. Sometimes our kids are told to “check things out” by their friends, not knowing what it is they are actually about to check out. Or sometimes curiosity and temptation overtake common sense.
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Who Would Have Ever Guessed?
On November 27, 2003 I attended a Thanksgiving Day dinner with the singles group from my church. Invited that day was the new roommate of one of my friends. As he walked in I recognized him, probably having seen him at church a time or two, but I had never officially met him. We were introduced around 3:00 p.m. that day…Reed and I.
Reed’s divorce was almost finalized and mine was right towards the end of a lengthy battle. Reed was quiet that day, angry at the world I found out later. His family, his life, his future had been ripped out from under him by a greedy, self-centered person who through no other reason decided that God wanted her happiness and Reed was not a part of that. My marriage ended also by the selfish desires of someone who refused to believe that God’s commands included him. Reed and I shared our pain, confessed our failures, and together discussed our dreams for our futures…never once including the other in those plans.
As time went on our friendship grew. Our common struggles created such a bond between us. We supported each other, no matter what. We had no inhibitions when it came to exposing our true selves to one another because we were friends. There was no hint of a flirtation and no thought of a relationship other than what we had. We grew to love each other. And then one day, in the glimpse of an eye, it all seemed to change. We realized that everything we were missing from our past lives was right there in each other. It was scary, really. When we least expected it, God took all the brokenness that was our separate pasts and pieced it all together in this wonderful, amazing new life…together.
Who would have ever guessed 4 years ago today that Reed and I would ever, EVER be anything more than friends? Who would have ever guessed that 3 years ago today we would be married? Who would have ever guessed that 2 years ago today we would have a beautiful little girl? Who would have ever guessed that 1 year ago today we would be expecting a healthy little baby boy? Who would have ever guess that on this day Reed and I would be celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary in our FIRST real marriage…wondering, just wondering what God has planned for us next year!
Happy Anniversary, Baby! I love you SO much!!
