I have so enjoyed writing out our love story to share with all of you. Phillip and I have had fun reminiscing and talking about the things we were thinking and feeling at different times in our relationship.
Our love story is something that I hold near and dear to my heart. It is also an important layer in the foundation of my faith because I see God's hand so clearly at work throughout my life, both in preparing me for and leading me to marry Phillip.
We have often wondered why we didn't start dating in or right after high school. Looking back we can see that God had not yet finished fully preparing our hearts for one another. Had we dated then, we probably would have broken up due to our immaturity, and who knows if we would be together today.
Of course I dated other guys and he dated other girls along the way. I thought I was in love a couple of times, and even had my heart broken. There were times when I knowingly veered off the path that I knew God had for me. I wanted to find Mr. Right so badly, and often convinced myself that I had found him in some other guy. I would pray and God would not move the way I wanted Him to, so I would often try to make things happen on my own.
I thank God for His grace in allowing me to try and fail, and for His gentle hand that always led me back to the path that He had set before me.
In my teens and early 20's, I kept a journal off and on. Mostly when my heart was broken or when I was deeply yearning for God to move in my life. I had written out a list of the type of man that I felt like God wanted me to marry because I knew that I was called to the ministry and that I was to marry a man of God.
Even though I dated other guys and try to convince myself that they were the one, deep in my heart I knew that they weren't. A few months into the relationship, I would feel a check in my spirit and a reminder of the man that God had waiting for me. I actually remember one day writing in my journal and thinking, "If I could just meet a guy like Phillip Medlin."
Little did I know, he was the one that God had already chosen for me, and I am so glad that I waited for God to bring him back into my life at the perfect time.
I'd like to wish my wonderful husband and all of you a very Happy Valentine's Day!
Always,
Amanda
