Sooooo, last weekend I was at the Mark Harris concert in the town I live in. (Yes, Mark Harris, he's the guy that wrote all the music for the movie Courageous.) And while he was singing, I was brought back to some fond memories from this past summer.. I just thought I'd share a couple of them with you.
The first one happened when he started singing a song about love, pure love. You know the guy I told you about in my last post? Yeah, welll thiiis is about him tooo. :) The message in the song reminded me of the first time he told me he loved me. I remember it was a rainy day, a really rainy day, in Windsor, NS. We were supposed to be doing a show out in the park, but because of the rain, we moved it inside one of the nearby churches. The service was crazy good! God was doing some powerful stuff in that place! I swear, it was one of the best, most impacting services I had ever been to/taken part in. The presence of God was just so strong that we didn't want it to end! It felt absolutely amazing! So this service went on and on, and even once the people that had been there to see it, it continued for us! This guy, the one that I asked to prom, just kept playing worship songs and we just kept singing and praising! We all had our hands raised in the air, our eyes closed, and our hearts open to worship our only true God! People were laughing and crying at the same time! We were all so overwhelmed, and it was amazing! :) When we finally came the end of our night and were about to head back to our billets houses, we were all standing outside in the rain before getting in our cars. He called me over to talk to him. He was like, "Heyyy Alisha, come here". So, naturally, I did. He grabbed on to my shoulders when I was standing in front of him, looked into my eyes and said, "I was really encouraged by you tonight." And I was like, "Thanks, it was awesome of you to keep playing for us," alll embarrassed that he had been watching me. And he was like, "thanks, I enjoyed it". Then he pulled me into a hug, and btw, he's like a good 8-10 inches taller than me, so face was buried in his chest, and he says, "I love you, I really do." And I was like shocked. I was not expecting that to come out of his mouth. I leaned back, looked at him and said, "I love you too." :) I was soo soo sooooo happpy! Not because he said it, but because I know he meant it. And it's a pure love, a love that comes from God. <3
Love like that makes me realize that as long as this love stays pure, like described in these next verses found in 1 Corinthians 13,
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails.
that as long as we both continue to trust in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, then we'll have nothing to worry about. If we're meant to be together, it will happen. That never failing love will prosper and we'll be as happy as we'll ever be able to be. God will be first in our lives, and He'll never fail us! And you know what, even if we don't end up getting together, God has someone better for each of us out there, and that in itself is crazy to think! No matter what He has planned for us will be satisfying. If His plans are what we want for our lives, then where ever the road takes us, easy of difficult, He'll guide us through it, and we'll always have peace. :) This excites me soo much! It's just so hard to believe, and so so amazing at the same time! I honestly can not wait to find out what He's got planned for the two of us, together or apart.
Anywaysss, have a gooood day! :)
I hope you enjoyed my little story time, cause I absolutely love reminiscing about happy times like this!
Until next time, peace out !
alisha :)
PS. There is another story, about how we came about finding out that we're gonna get married, and it's awesome :) I can't waiiit to see if it's actually going to come true! :)
PPS, throughout the process of writing this, this guys name popped up on my screen at least 6 times :) js. (maybe it's a sign ;) )
