1 Year Ago Today…

… my life changed forever, when Andy and I went on a walk and he gave me a ring. 🙂

It is hard to believe that it has been a year since he proposed. So much has happened in the past year. At this time last year, I’d pretty much given up hope that we’d be married by this year. I had no idea that Andy had talked to my parents, let alone bought a ring. It is funny how things can change in a matter of minutes.

And he really is a picture of Christ to me. Initially reading in Scripture that a marriage relationship should be a picture of Christ and the Church can sound a little crazy, but it is true. One day I was in bad mood and I knew it, so I told Andy to go do something else because I didn’t want to bring him down as well. He responded with something along the lines of, “I won’t leave you, I really don’t mind, I love you.”

Then, it just hit me, like a convicting God-slap (do those happen to you sometimes, too?), that’s how Christ feels about me. As a sinner, I was nothing but horrible to God but he refused to leave me, even to the point of death. Who knew marriage could be so deep?

I am so thankful for his love, leadership, encouragement, and patience. Especially his patience. Before we were married, I didn’t realize how stubborn I could be. For example, when he wants me to eat vegetables or fruit because he loves me and wants me to be healthy, but I can think of very few things I’d rather do less than eat a piece of fruit.

Since we’ve been married, I’ve realized that he is the only person I truly let loose around. When it is just the two of us, we really don’t care about being a little ridiculous. Although both of us would claim that we are the normal one. haha.

I hope that next year I can also say, “I couldn’t have imagined a year ago that I’d love him as much as I do today.”

Much Love,
Sarah