Caleb, Damaris, and me took a courageous trek outside, this afternoon despite the blowing cold winds and falling snow.. Really it wasn't all that bad. It was an adventure though. The kids took their saucers up to the hill infront of the barn, and went down for a few hours.They had a great time. I shoveled some snow, and got the mail and retreated to the nice warm, cozy house..
I found a letter in the mail for me from my darling husband. He wrote it on his way to boot camp while traveling in a van with five othere people. And sent it to me somewhere in Alabama..he sure is going places! Well..he sends most of his love to me, and the rest to you family and friends. Uh, the letter really didn't say very much other than he was getting quite excited about Boot Camp, oh and he said he hopes that unless I am called to do so, that I never join the military..in a nutshell. He sounded like he was pretty excited. I have six letters in total now, which are at present sitting on my table, waiting to be mailed out to Jordan..except for, I don't have his ,mailing address yet. I do write him a letter everyday. It's a good way to tell him how my day went, let him know what scriptures I read about in my devotions, and most importantly of all, to encourage him, and to keep him going! I know that he is going to do so well! I can't wait till I can lay my eyes on that handsome face again, that's for sure! Only 4..6 (I think) days left..I think. I just am soo excited! Today I was doing a flashback of my life, and pondering over alot of events that happened in my times that I then could have said to the Lord " God why is this happening?" or "Why is this not happening?". It hit me that in no matter what circumstance I was in, God, used that situation for his good and for mine. I will give an example.
From the young age of sixteen... everyone I knew, seemed to have a boyfriend. I saw how wonderful the physical aspect of it would be.. being held in protective arms, holding hands while skating, going for walks hand in hand on the beach etc.. I wanted that so much.. But I never ever got a boyfriend! Guys never looked at me the way they looked at other girls, I always thought I wasn't pretty enough, or cute enough or smart enough..so I never had a boyfriend. Poor poor me. But the Heavenly Father had a whole different idea. I need to backup for a second. On Novemeber 27th 1999, I made a commitment before the Lord and to my family, but most importantly to myself and my future husband, that I was going to remain sexually pure until the day i got married. When I was 16 I made that commitment again, except I was going to keep myself for only one man..including courting only one guy , and that special guy was going to be the guy that I married. I aked the Lord to help me. My Dad the next week bought me a promise ring, which symbolized that I would not have sex before marriage, and that I would commit myself to that one guy. Little did I know then, but the Lord knew what I desired. And He gave me that desire. Funny, I never realized it then, that the Lord was helping me keep my promise. But God knew who I was going to marry, He knew long before I ever did. And you know what the best part was! God sure does have quite a sense of humor...not two days after Jordan and me started dating, all of a sudden there were 8..eight different guys interested in me, and two of em asked me out too...but I had to decline, saying I was in a long distance relationship.. The night Jordan asked me to be his best friend, I told him that I had waited my whole life for him, and I told him I never had a boyfriend before him...well, lets just say that blew him away, and that expression of love written all over his face, the moment I told him...well that made the whole thing worth the wait... so those of you girls, who are waiting for that special guy, just hang in there. God sure has got someone special in mind for you. The best thing you can do right now, is tell God your desire, tell God what you want, He already knows, but you know, HE would love to hear it from you, so that in HIS time, He will show you that the Desires of your heart are also HIS desires too. And PRAY, pray everyday for your Husband. It is the most important thing you can do for him... In God's Timing not Yours.
God can use you the most when you are single. Ask the Lord, to really work through you, and reveal Himself in you, so that you can do great things for Him, and grow closer to Him,and before you know it, and when you are least expecting it... Love, is going to come knocking at your door...Trust the Lord, he knows whats best for you..
Monday, January 16, 2006
Walking in a Winter Wonderland...
Caleb, Damaris, and me took a courageous trek outside, this afternoon despite the blowing cold winds and falling snow.. Really it wasn't all that bad. It was an adventure though. The kids took their saucers up to the hill infront of the barn, and went down for a few hours.They had a great time. I shoveled some snow, and got the mail and retreated to the nice warm, cozy house..
I found a letter in the mail for me from my darling husband. He wrote it on his way to boot camp while traveling in a van with five othere people. And sent it to me somewhere in Alabama..he sure is going places! Well..he sends most of his love to me, and the rest to you family and friends. Uh, the letter really didn't say very much other than he was getting quite excited about Boot Camp, oh and he said he hopes that unless I am called to do so, that I never join the military..in a nutshell. He sounded like he was pretty excited. I have six letters in total now, which are at present sitting on my table, waiting to be mailed out to Jordan..except for, I don't have his ,mailing address yet. I do write him a letter everyday. It's a good way to tell him how my day went, let him know what scriptures I read about in my devotions, and most importantly of all, to encourage him, and to keep him going! I know that he is going to do so well! I can't wait till I can lay my eyes on that handsome face again, that's for sure! Only 4..6 (I think) days left..I think. I just am soo excited! Today I was doing a flashback of my life, and pondering over alot of events that happened in my times that I then could have said to the Lord " God why is this happening?" or "Why is this not happening?". It hit me that in no matter what circumstance I was in, God, used that situation for his good and for mine. I will give an example.
From the young age of sixteen... everyone I knew, seemed to have a boyfriend. I saw how wonderful the physical aspect of it would be.. being held in protective arms, holding hands while skating, going for walks hand in hand on the beach etc.. I wanted that so much.. But I never ever got a boyfriend! Guys never looked at me the way they looked at other girls, I always thought I wasn't pretty enough, or cute enough or smart enough..so I never had a boyfriend. Poor poor me. But the Heavenly Father had a whole different idea. I need to backup for a second. On Novemeber 27th 1999, I made a commitment before the Lord and to my family, but most importantly to myself and my future husband, that I was going to remain sexually pure until the day i got married. When I was 16 I made that commitment again, except I was going to keep myself for only one man..including courting only one guy , and that special guy was going to be the guy that I married. I aked the Lord to help me. My Dad the next week bought me a promise ring, which symbolized that I would not have sex before marriage, and that I would commit myself to that one guy. Little did I know then, but the Lord knew what I desired. And He gave me that desire. Funny, I never realized it then, that the Lord was helping me keep my promise. But God knew who I was going to marry, He knew long before I ever did. And you know what the best part was! God sure does have quite a sense of humor...not two days after Jordan and me started dating, all of a sudden there were 8..eight different guys interested in me, and two of em asked me out too...but I had to decline, saying I was in a long distance relationship.. The night Jordan asked me to be his best friend, I told him that I had waited my whole life for him, and I told him I never had a boyfriend before him...well, lets just say that blew him away, and that expression of love written all over his face, the moment I told him...well that made the whole thing worth the wait... so those of you girls, who are waiting for that special guy, just hang in there. God sure has got someone special in mind for you. The best thing you can do right now, is tell God your desire, tell God what you want, He already knows, but you know, HE would love to hear it from you, so that in HIS time, He will show you that the Desires of your heart are also HIS desires too. And PRAY, pray everyday for your Husband. It is the most important thing you can do for him... In God's Timing not Yours.
God can use you the most when you are single. Ask the Lord, to really work through you, and reveal Himself in you, so that you can do great things for Him, and grow closer to Him,and before you know it, and when you are least expecting it... Love, is going to come knocking at your door...Trust the Lord, he knows whats best for you..
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Oh Di - it's such a great testimony that you have - It really is encouraging to me to see how God really worked in your life to lead you to the place where you are now!
Your testimony glorifies God so beautifully Dianna! We began praying for you when you were 8 years old, not knowing at that time who you were, but knowing that God had already chosen you as Jordan's future wife. We prayed for every area of your life-- that you would know the Lord intimately, that you would commit to emotional and physical purity, that you would love your family, that you would follow hard after God, that you would love missions, that you would desire to be a homeschooling mom, and that God would bring you to Jordan at the perfect time... Jordan listened to us pray those prayers for you from the time he was young, and he would pray for you also, even before he could imagine being married someday. God honored every prayer, Dianna. You are the answer to all of them. The day he came home and mentioned your name so casually (HA) something inside my heart sort of leapt! I wondered if you were The One! I'm so happy that you are The One. You are a blessing to all of us. Not every family can say they adore the wife their son chooses... but Jordan didn't choose you, God chose you for Jordan and Jordan knew the voice of the Lord. Listening to God beats trying to follow your own heart any day, don't you think?
We love you, Dianna. Can't wait until you're here with us in Florida!
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