Wow.... it has only been 2 days since me last blog and it seems like soooooo much has happened! I never thought, honestly, never though I would find somebody more perfect for me than Lina. More than anything we both know and tell each other that God is definitely the one who brought us together. I have always believed that there is someone out there for everyone but for some reason never believed I would find that person. Well I have and it is AWESOME!!!
Over the last couple of days since my last blog Lina and I have found a venue!! Here are a few pictures: http://www.stonoferrygolf.com/gallery/#/?album=19
We have set the date!!! If you would like to know the date shoot me a message!
We drove to Columbia to see my parents, Lina found the dress she quickly fell in love with!
AND, we started looking at houses and learned what we want and how to get it!!
I will tell this for the rest of my life! Live for God and he will Bless you! I think God always provides for every person. It is our decision to follow that provision and then begin living for God. It took me a while to understand this but once I did. MAN!!! Did he ever start blessing me. Blessing me more then I deserve. I am seriously the luckiest man in the world to have such an amazing woman. I just hope I can make her happy every day of her life! God has blessed us both and continues to do so!
Lina is doing well with the VUR and will soon start her job in just a week! Thank you all for your prayers!! Very Very much appreciated!! Can't wait to see all of you at our wedding! Remember, it is just 20 mins from the beach! :)
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
A second large step. The difficulties
A second large step. The difficulties
* If you didn't read my first blog this second does play into it a little
Difficulties? Seriously, who has those? If I had to guess I would guess.... umm... no body! Just playing just playing. Everybody has difficulties and stress and every one has their own way of dealing with each difficulty. Rather it be finances (the most frustrating), finding a house, the wedding planning (which is a category all to itself), health and emergency, savings, jobs, school etc etc etc. Any one who is human could go on and on all day about their problems and difficulties. But, how do you get pass them? How do you work through them? As I said, every one person has his or her own way of dealing and when you bring two people to make one person, those ways of dealing clash.
In my world, true love keeps difficulties in their place. Difficulties place is? You ask. To me, very low on the priority list. My list looks like this: 1. God, 2. Family, 3. Friends, 4. Providing, including finances, job, etc. Let's be honest, no one really wants to put stresses on their priority list. But they are there! We have to get used to it! Unfortunately, we all let our difficulties get the better of us from time to time, especially when it comes to relationships. But, again, and I truly believe this, that true love is what gets us pass each and every difficulty! This, I am just truly beginning to learn. This blog will show you where I am in my progress.
Again, as I said, and I will keep saying it until it sticks, I believe true love keeps you from letting difficulties take you over. God loves us, if we understand that and give everything to him he takes our difficulties away. (Matthew 11:28-30). Your family loves you, your husband/wife loves you. Someone TRULY loves you! So, in my world, there are no excuses. True love in a relationship can do the same. Lina and I love each other. To us it is overwhelmingly evident and here are a few of our current difficulties. Finances top the list. Saving for a wedding, a honeymoon, a house, a car, etc. These are surprisingly the least important on my list. The most? Are you ready? Lina has a disease called VUR, a kidney disease, and with out going into much detail (because she reads this before I publish it and I want her to allow me to do so) she needs a sort of surgery, that will cost a lot of money. But, we don't stress.. well I do (not just b/c the money but b/c I ask myself "How do I take care of her?).. .she calms me down though. She Finally got a job that gives her benefits!!! Another blessing from God. This will definitely help! But this is my most important "difficulty". It scares me, but she is so strong. Literally the strongest person I know! Up there with my dad and Grandmother. She lives through it and doesn't stress. She knows, because she knows I love her and that God loves her, that she will be taken care of. She is the reason why I believe that True Love can cure difficulties. Rather it be true love in a relationship or knowing God's love for you!
Let's be real, finances suck! Even for someone like me who is fairly laid back and stress free and actually LOVES finance. And I know that there will be much much more to come! And I am ready to face them! I try to look at the bigger picture! I try to and am learning more and more. I see that love lasts longer then a time of difficulty. I sincerely believe that true love is the cure to every difficulty and the true love comes from God and passed through you husband or wife, your mother or father or brother or sister. Not just finances which I went over, but finding that job after being laid off, saving money, helping your family and friends. Talk to your loved one(s), don't just assume. Tell them everyday or every chance you get that you love them! I tell my Lina every day! But TRULY love them in every situation. Showing true love and showing love are two different things! Practice it. Start by understanding Gods true love for everyone. To me, and yes I am still learning myself, this work tremendously!
BY THE WAY: The wedding will be in the summer! Hopefully a set date will come by my next blog!! CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* If you didn't read my first blog this second does play into it a little
Difficulties? Seriously, who has those? If I had to guess I would guess.... umm... no body! Just playing just playing. Everybody has difficulties and stress and every one has their own way of dealing with each difficulty. Rather it be finances (the most frustrating), finding a house, the wedding planning (which is a category all to itself), health and emergency, savings, jobs, school etc etc etc. Any one who is human could go on and on all day about their problems and difficulties. But, how do you get pass them? How do you work through them? As I said, every one person has his or her own way of dealing and when you bring two people to make one person, those ways of dealing clash.
In my world, true love keeps difficulties in their place. Difficulties place is? You ask. To me, very low on the priority list. My list looks like this: 1. God, 2. Family, 3. Friends, 4. Providing, including finances, job, etc. Let's be honest, no one really wants to put stresses on their priority list. But they are there! We have to get used to it! Unfortunately, we all let our difficulties get the better of us from time to time, especially when it comes to relationships. But, again, and I truly believe this, that true love is what gets us pass each and every difficulty! This, I am just truly beginning to learn. This blog will show you where I am in my progress.
Again, as I said, and I will keep saying it until it sticks, I believe true love keeps you from letting difficulties take you over. God loves us, if we understand that and give everything to him he takes our difficulties away. (Matthew 11:28-30). Your family loves you, your husband/wife loves you. Someone TRULY loves you! So, in my world, there are no excuses. True love in a relationship can do the same. Lina and I love each other. To us it is overwhelmingly evident and here are a few of our current difficulties. Finances top the list. Saving for a wedding, a honeymoon, a house, a car, etc. These are surprisingly the least important on my list. The most? Are you ready? Lina has a disease called VUR, a kidney disease, and with out going into much detail (because she reads this before I publish it and I want her to allow me to do so) she needs a sort of surgery, that will cost a lot of money. But, we don't stress.. well I do (not just b/c the money but b/c I ask myself "How do I take care of her?).. .she calms me down though. She Finally got a job that gives her benefits!!! Another blessing from God. This will definitely help! But this is my most important "difficulty". It scares me, but she is so strong. Literally the strongest person I know! Up there with my dad and Grandmother. She lives through it and doesn't stress. She knows, because she knows I love her and that God loves her, that she will be taken care of. She is the reason why I believe that True Love can cure difficulties. Rather it be true love in a relationship or knowing God's love for you!
Let's be real, finances suck! Even for someone like me who is fairly laid back and stress free and actually LOVES finance. And I know that there will be much much more to come! And I am ready to face them! I try to look at the bigger picture! I try to and am learning more and more. I see that love lasts longer then a time of difficulty. I sincerely believe that true love is the cure to every difficulty and the true love comes from God and passed through you husband or wife, your mother or father or brother or sister. Not just finances which I went over, but finding that job after being laid off, saving money, helping your family and friends. Talk to your loved one(s), don't just assume. Tell them everyday or every chance you get that you love them! I tell my Lina every day! But TRULY love them in every situation. Showing true love and showing love are two different things! Practice it. Start by understanding Gods true love for everyone. To me, and yes I am still learning myself, this work tremendously!
Matthew 11:28-30
New International Version (NIV)
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
BY THE WAY: The wedding will be in the summer! Hopefully a set date will come by my next blog!! CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, January 20, 2014
A first large step. The GREAT
A first large step. The GREAT
A blog? I've never thought I would write a blog. I like to write however rarely do and normally do not share my writings. Though, now my life has, to me of course, become something I want to remember forever and something I would love to share with my family and friends. The reason I decided to start a blog is so I can write everything I want to remember! Especially, with what all has taken place over the past few months, there are so many things I never want to forget. So when I'm old and am having trouble telling my story I can revert back to my blogs.
The purpose of this first blog is really to just get me started. No real stretch there... It is to get me used to blogging, to get me used to what I want to say and how/what I want to remember. The first blog may be the longest of course. It is the beginning and will likely have the most information. So, if you get tired of reading that's cool you can stop, wait for the next one. Also, let me explain the title, "A first large step. The GREAT", What you will come to find in this blog is the LARGE STEPS I have taken. But, I know, that with life, these will, though large look like small steps in the face of a different circumstance or situation. Therefore, though it is a large step, we know it is one of many. Anyway, here is what is happening!
I met the love of my life (who I am marrying in 7 months!!!!!!!!!!!) Lina, in Nashville, Tn at Cross Point Church. After only a couple months of dating we already new it was serious. So... here comes the crazy story. She is from ColOmbia (the country, see the extra O?) and wants to travel there to see her family. Before I ever met her she had been looking into moving to SC because, obviously, it is much cheaper to fly overseas then in Nashville. Luckily, my family had just moved to SC over the past 2 years. So, what better place for both of us then SC? Even better Charleston? 1.5 hrs from my parents, 30 seconds from my sister, 15 mins from the ocean and better yet, 15 mins from the airport! So, we packed up a 4 yr old dog, a 3 month old dog, 30,000,000,000 boxes (yes, that is an exact count), and headed this way! Had our first Christmas and first New Years here. Found a Church, hung out with family and continue to love every minute of it! So... fast forward to January 12th. My love continues to grow for this girl and before I explode I have to do it. I just have to! I can't wait, I can't hold back. She looks amazing. The most beautiful thing I have and will ever see. BOOM. I'm doing it! "Hey babe, I'm taking you out tonight! Don't ask where! Let's just go!" I take her to Olive Garden, mimicking our first date to a T. All the way down to the cleaning out of my car, knocking on my own apartment door and asking if she is ready. Opening the car door for her (which I do nearly every time anyway) and even asking her all the question a man asks a women on a first date. "How are you?".....AWKWARD SILENCE..... "Umm, What did you do today?" and so on. After dinner it was off to Waterfront park (She loves water, after coming here from Colombia she lived in Miami Beach), this was it. This is happening. God PLEASE PLEASE be with me. She loved the area, right on the water. Fountains every where just perfect. I was about to do it! I had a ring from my Great Grandmother. I picked her up on to a concrete platform just yards from the water. Held her in my arms and asked her, "You know I love you right?", "You know that no matter what I will take care of you?" She answered yes to both. I picked her up and put her on the ground and dropped to the knee and BOOM again. Asked her to be with me forever. She didn't answer at first. Just a huge smile, an "are you joking" and an even bigger hug. (that is the answer, guys, that we really want.) However, I wanted the yes! So, I asked "Well, will you marry me?" finally the Yes!
I swear I am the happiest man in the world every day! I know there will be difficulties (those will be in the second blog, A second large step. The difficulties) but I'm not going to fret on those. God has blessed me more then ever and definitely more then I deserve. He is the center of my life, her life, and now our life! Waking up just knowing she will be with me forever keeps me from even thinking about the down times. Knowing we love each other, keeping God in our hearts at all times and giving this 200% I know everything will be perfect even when it seems it isn't!
This is of course only a portion of the great! It started getting rather lengthy and I didn't want anyone to get tired of reading. If you want more comment, I would love to spill all the beans!
A blog? I've never thought I would write a blog. I like to write however rarely do and normally do not share my writings. Though, now my life has, to me of course, become something I want to remember forever and something I would love to share with my family and friends. The reason I decided to start a blog is so I can write everything I want to remember! Especially, with what all has taken place over the past few months, there are so many things I never want to forget. So when I'm old and am having trouble telling my story I can revert back to my blogs.
The purpose of this first blog is really to just get me started. No real stretch there... It is to get me used to blogging, to get me used to what I want to say and how/what I want to remember. The first blog may be the longest of course. It is the beginning and will likely have the most information. So, if you get tired of reading that's cool you can stop, wait for the next one. Also, let me explain the title, "A first large step. The GREAT", What you will come to find in this blog is the LARGE STEPS I have taken. But, I know, that with life, these will, though large look like small steps in the face of a different circumstance or situation. Therefore, though it is a large step, we know it is one of many. Anyway, here is what is happening!
I met the love of my life (who I am marrying in 7 months!!!!!!!!!!!) Lina, in Nashville, Tn at Cross Point Church. After only a couple months of dating we already new it was serious. So... here comes the crazy story. She is from ColOmbia (the country, see the extra O?) and wants to travel there to see her family. Before I ever met her she had been looking into moving to SC because, obviously, it is much cheaper to fly overseas then in Nashville. Luckily, my family had just moved to SC over the past 2 years. So, what better place for both of us then SC? Even better Charleston? 1.5 hrs from my parents, 30 seconds from my sister, 15 mins from the ocean and better yet, 15 mins from the airport! So, we packed up a 4 yr old dog, a 3 month old dog, 30,000,000,000 boxes (yes, that is an exact count), and headed this way! Had our first Christmas and first New Years here. Found a Church, hung out with family and continue to love every minute of it! So... fast forward to January 12th. My love continues to grow for this girl and before I explode I have to do it. I just have to! I can't wait, I can't hold back. She looks amazing. The most beautiful thing I have and will ever see. BOOM. I'm doing it! "Hey babe, I'm taking you out tonight! Don't ask where! Let's just go!" I take her to Olive Garden, mimicking our first date to a T. All the way down to the cleaning out of my car, knocking on my own apartment door and asking if she is ready. Opening the car door for her (which I do nearly every time anyway) and even asking her all the question a man asks a women on a first date. "How are you?".....AWKWARD SILENCE..... "Umm, What did you do today?" and so on. After dinner it was off to Waterfront park (She loves water, after coming here from Colombia she lived in Miami Beach), this was it. This is happening. God PLEASE PLEASE be with me. She loved the area, right on the water. Fountains every where just perfect. I was about to do it! I had a ring from my Great Grandmother. I picked her up on to a concrete platform just yards from the water. Held her in my arms and asked her, "You know I love you right?", "You know that no matter what I will take care of you?" She answered yes to both. I picked her up and put her on the ground and dropped to the knee and BOOM again. Asked her to be with me forever. She didn't answer at first. Just a huge smile, an "are you joking" and an even bigger hug. (that is the answer, guys, that we really want.) However, I wanted the yes! So, I asked "Well, will you marry me?" finally the Yes!
I swear I am the happiest man in the world every day! I know there will be difficulties (those will be in the second blog, A second large step. The difficulties) but I'm not going to fret on those. God has blessed me more then ever and definitely more then I deserve. He is the center of my life, her life, and now our life! Waking up just knowing she will be with me forever keeps me from even thinking about the down times. Knowing we love each other, keeping God in our hearts at all times and giving this 200% I know everything will be perfect even when it seems it isn't!
This is of course only a portion of the great! It started getting rather lengthy and I didn't want anyone to get tired of reading. If you want more comment, I would love to spill all the beans!
1 John 4:18-19
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us.
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