At last...

Ever imagined how many people are in this world that are the opposite sex? Well there is a lot and ever wondered how in the world God was going to set you up with that perfect match, that He crafted, that He created just for you? No? Okay, well I questioned it a lot. And if you know me pretty well, you know when I begin questioning, I begin doubting, and then that leads to worrying. It is like a downhill spiral. It's not that I intentionally do it, I just do. Part of it is from the relationships in my past. I started doubting God and His ability to create me the perfect man for me so that I could live out that princess fairy tale I had always dreamed of. You can ask anyone about me and my feelings about princesses. I longed for that prince, the feelings that all of the princesses had when that one prince, that one knight in shining armor would come and sweep her off of her feet. I even had signs in my room that I made that said "one day my prince will come." After one bad relationship those signs came off the wall and have never went back up. I am not one to completely ignore God and His choice of mate for myself, but you know how humans tend to be, we want what we want when we want it, regardless what anyone says. So therefore some of those relationships I was in was just because I wanted it and I thought I could see the future in the other person, but I wasn't seeing thru God's eyes. God had someone in store for me and I wasn't being patient at all. I am 100% sure, if I was supposed to be in those other relationships, He would not have sent friends or even family members to say things that caused me to question the relationship I was in, since I was completely ignoring His signs. I have always wanted that relationship where God was the center, I wanted the relationship where I wasn't the leader, I wanted a relationship where we would not argue about going to church together, or argue about not hanging out with family.  I wanted a God centered relationship, lead by a man after God's own heart, family - oriented, church going, kid loving, athletic, and someone who understood that people make mistakes. That isn't just something I thought I wanted, but it was something I needed. God knew that, my friends knew that, my family knew that, I knew that I was just being stubborn and believing the lie that even though I had dreamed of that fairytale ending, it was never going to happen to me. But now I am here writing to say, I am living my fairytale. It is better than any author could ever write about. Surprisingly this is better than I had ever dreamed of it being. I never knew I could be in a relationship this incredible. I knew it could happen, but never dreamed it would happen to me. So who is this prince that has made such an imprint on me and this post?

They call him Daniel.

See he even has a biblical name, now God is just teasing me for being so stubborn. :) Daniel and I have grown up in church since we both can remember, I was a little further behind with my walk in Christ just because his family grew up in church while I didn't start going until I was in the 2nd grade. We were both active in our youth groups going to State Youth Conventions, Youth Rallies, and Fall Retreats. We saw each other in passing, but never introduced ourselves. He was a kid to me and from a "city." He hates when I say that cause he really isn't, but that is what I thought of him at the time. So years pass, we both come in and out of relationships, we both still attend church, and then a big change happened to the both of us around the same time: His youth pastor left his church to follow God's new call on his life and joined the church I went to. As Josh arrived at our church, I was hesitant about Josh, but I finally warmed up to him and now I'd do anything for him and his family in a second and Daniel would still do the same. So you think this is how we met? nope. We actually, me included, really wanted one of my friends to get to know Daniel. I still thought he was a "kid" at this point. So at Fall Retreat, Josh would loudly say things that would embarrass this poor girl and Daniel being the outgoing person he is would just go along with it. Nothing ever came about the two of them, because as time would tell Daniel had a girlfriend. It wasn't until 2011 that Daniel and I officially met and that was solely because God wanted us too. I was asked to help at the Children's Fall Retreat held at Camp Overton, I was just going to help plan and not go, but when they sent out the registration forms and at the bottom it said co director beside my name, I thought oh hey, I should probably go. I am not 100 percent certain how Daniel ended up there, but it was something like his dad usually takes his little brother to Fall Retreat, but this one year, his father wasn't able too so Tim asked Daniel too. Tyanna went with me to help me out because I tend to get stressed easily, so of course we arrive late on Friday night to the retreat. Saturday, Daniel and I met. Ever since then, not a day has went by that we hadn't text or talked on the phone. December 29th, we went out on our first date and he made it wonderful, it was one of the best first dates I had ever been on. Daniel knew I loved surprises so everything was a surprise (I'll post our first date in a new blog) I just wanted to introduce him to you now.

Daniel is so different than any man I had ever dated: he is kind, loving, compassionate, God seeking, family oriented, church going, advice giver, helper, strong, supports me and my calling, and forgiving. I know this blog is a little wordy, okay a lot wordy, and I know I can probably write a chapter just about how I feel about him.

Therefore the main points: Be patient, everyone deserves the feelings that I have with Daniel. Your prince or princess is out there, just wait and let God bring the two of you together and He will in His timing. I am very blessed and very thankful that God has answered my prayers. And the saying is true, "when you know, you just know."

And there we are, I feel like one of the luckiest girl in the world.