This past Saturday I was a groomsmen for my stepbrother's wedding. I can officially say that I now love weddings! I've always been a romantic at heart, and as I grow I think about marriage more and more. How great would it be to find that one person? That person that you can love in a God honoring way. I think that we are all searching for that person in one way or another. But something that my stepbrother taught me is that this process takes time. I realize that I am young and that my dreams are big (maybe too big). I want to fill these dreams in an amazing way and I want to start now. Yet something that I have learned is that God works in processes. He could have made the world in one day yet He chose to do it in seven. I also learned that the wait is worth it. I had the chance to watch the new couple dance together. I stood there in awe of a genuine love. It is incredible to see something so authentic and beautiful. It was strange but you knew that they were just right for one another. It seemed to be so perfect that only God himself could have crafted the moment. It seemed even the music was only written so that it could be played at that time. And maybe that is what marriage is. Maybe it is something that God shapes with care, and designs in the most beautiful of ways. Marriage is one of the beauties of creation. Just as we look on starry nights and sunsets and think "Look how beautiful God has made this!", we can also look at marriage. A beautiful puzzle pieced together slowly by a graceful hand. I watched my brother Anthony grow from a college student, to someone in the work force, to finally a husband. Now I find myself in the same situation that Anthony was in when I met him so long ago. In retrospect that time soared by. So I guess I just need to wait. 10 years, 20 years, maybe 30 if ever. So I advise all you who are weary in the great search for your significant other to be patient. We cannot see the whole picture. All we know is a few pieces of the puzzle that appear pointless and dull. Trust that God will reward your patient heart. That perfect moment will come when we realize the beauty of love. We will see one of the most beautiful things to be created. Take heart in that.
"Delight yourselves in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." (Psalm 37:4)
