Special Thanks

Where to begin. I've thought long and hard about doing a blog and I've decided to go ahead and do one thanks to Jessica Bryant. I read her blog the other day about her testimony and it really touched my heart and I was so glad that she shared those special events in her life. After reading her testimony it got me to thinking about sharing mine as well. So here it goes.
It all started 8 yrs ago when I met Matt. I had just bought my first car and I went to his church, which also happens to be where my aunt and uncle go. I went there to show them my car and he just happened to be there. We talked some while I was there and that was about it. At that point in my life, I just come out of a relationship, where I wasn't treated the way I should have been and I had a lot of trust issues with men and I wasn't going to church. I had always gone to church because my nana took me and so did my great aunt and uncle. But at that particular time in my life, I was straying from God and wasn't doing things that I should be doing. I will be completley honest with you, I was drinking all the time and partying and needless to say, I failed out of college because of my behavior. So, when I met Matt I was attracted to him and I thought that I would start coming to church to see him. So I did and we talked more and more. Then one day after evening service our church had a softball game and I decided to go to it. I rememeber that day just like it was yesterday, Matt and me flirted the whole time and when the game was over and I was walking to my car I kept saying to myself that I wish Matt would ask for my number. And soon as I thought that, my uncle yells at me and he wants to know my telephone # and I asked him why and he said that Matt wanted it. Matt told me that he was going to ask me for it anyways. So I gave it to him not expecting a phone call or anything but the next day he called me. We talked that whole week on the phone and we finally went on a date. We went to Tyler to Chedders and went to see The Rookie. I was so nervous the whole time. We both wanted to hold each other's hand's and we both wanted to kiss each other at the end of the date but we were scared. The next night I was talking to my dad and he asked about Matt and asked if I heard anything from him and "I said I sure hope so dad, cause I really like him." And at that moment the phone rang and it was Matt and he said to me "Was I suppose to call you back" and I told him "YES!!!"
So the dating process began and we had our ups and downs and there were points in our relationship where I thought we would break up but God had another plan for us. You know they always say that when you find the right person and you know that it's the right person it will hit you. Well that saying is true because it happened to me. I remember exactly when I knew Matt was the one for me. He was coaching his brother's summer baseball team and he had called time out and was walking to the pitcher mound and when he was walking to it I looked at him and it just hit me. I knew right then and there that God had put him in my life for a reason and that I had gone through all the stuff I had to be with this one man. After 4 yrs of dating, which I am so thankful that we dated that long because we got to know each other so well, he finally proposed to me on our 4 yr anniversary. We had been at his apartment and had gone to eat and see a movie and as I was getting in bed I was thinking to myself, this is it...we've been together for 4 yrs and all I get is a movie and dinner. And at the point he comes to me and pulls me to the side of the bed and tells me that he loves me and he couldn't imagine his life without me and how I've made him happy and how he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. And then he said "Will you marry me?" My first response was "Are you kidding?" and he said "No." And I said "Yes..Yes..I will marry you!!!" I was blown away because he had been planning this for months. Only he and his mom knew and nobody else did.
Now during this time of us dating, I had started going to church with Matt and his family. Matt has always grown up going to church and he is a good Christian man and loves the Lord. So during our relationship and after going to church with him, I decided to give my life to the Lord. I was baptized and I had the people who mean the world to me there. And ever since then I have been living for the Lord.
Matt and Me have been married now for a little over 3 yrs and we have been trying to have a baby for awhile now. We haven't had luck because I have some issues but my dr is trying to fix it. I know that God will bless up when he thinks that we are ready and I truly believe that. But while we are trying I am enjoying every minute that I can with Matt. God will grant us a baby in his time and until that happens I am enjoying my life to the fullest.
I guess my whole point is God knew what he was doing when he put Matt and me together. Matt and me went to school together when we were little and then I moved but God brought Matt into my life for a reason. God had a plan for me and that plan was for Matt to be my husband. I had to go through all the bad stuff in my life to get where I am right now. I thank God every single day for bringing Matt into my life. He is my everything and I can honestly say that I don't know where I would be without Matt in my life. I guess you could say that I owe Matt my life.
Do you ever feel like you no matter how much you love someone it never feels that it's enough. Well that's how I feel about Matt and that is how God feels about you and me. I have been blessed in so many many ways and I owe all of the Glory to God. You truly are an AWESOME GOD!!



"For I know the plans that I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and future." Jeremiah 29:11