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MY LOVE STORY (SO FAR), PART FOUR: EVEN SO COME
âLike a bride waiting for her groom | Weâll be a Church ready for You | Every heart longing for our King | We sing | Even so, come!â âEven So Comeâ by Passion Worship Band Itâs amazing where we can find God sometimes. A sunset. A word from a friend. A song on the radio. A sign on the side of the road. A blog post (hopefully đ)âŚ. I find Him in a love story that looks non-existent to the world. If youâve been following my last three posts, you know I take this romance thing pretty seriously. Originally it was the one thing I wouldnât give to God…
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MY LOVE STORY (SO FAR), PART THREE: INTENTIONAL WAITING
âLike waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemedâŚuntil Your love broke through.â “Your Love Broke Through” by Keith Greene I once heard a heroine in a story say the fear she felt at being captured by bandits âpaled in comparisonâ to how safe she felt in her heroâs arms when he came to her rescue. Thatâs certainly how it was for me. As I walked out of that gymnasium (see my last blog post) into the parking lot of South Laurel High School, I knew my life had turned a beautiful corner. Peace overwhelmed me like I hadnât felt since the early days of my childhood when…
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MY LOVE STORY (SO FAR), PART TWO: SWEET SURRENDER
âOh, to tell you my story is to tell of Him.â â “My Story” by Big Daddy Weave October 22, 2000, is the sweetest date of my life. For a year after I slipped the promise ring on my finger, I struggled with holding onto life on my own terms. I knew Jesus wanted moreâdeep down, I knew He wanted everythingâyet I just couldnât bear the thought of what that might mean, especially in regards to my love story. As mentioned in my last blog post, the infamous image of what life would be like if God took over haunted my imagination in vivid color: me, aging and miserable, stuck…
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MY LOVE STORY (SO FAR), PART ONE: PURITY RINGS AND SELFISH PROMISES
Part of me really does not want to write this blog post. For one thing, it has very little to do with being an author or writing consultant or story explorer, which are the main points of this website. For another, Iâm a fiercely private personâespecially in the romance department. My love life is something I guard like a bulldog and rarely ever discuss with, well, anyone, let alone the whole world. And, finally, I like being liked. I donât enjoy making people uncomfortable, I hate being offensive, and I never want to purposefully do something that would either cause someone to laugh at or be angry with me (or…