years ago, Chad asked me to be his girlfriend. This day was the day that
started everything. This day was the day that lead to the journey through life
that we would take together. This day was the day that I truly saw myself
deserving of what God desired to give me in this life. This day changed my life
forever.

I haven’t talked much about the man behind the blog
recently, but it would be foolish to think he doesn’t have a big part in all I
do. It is so incredibly amazing to me that God paired the two of us together.
We are complete and polar opposites in personality, we couldn’t be more
different. It is incredible how God designed us that way, it’s as if He knew
what power the two of us would have when we were brought together. The way that
we uplift and encourage each other is hard to miss. The way that we bring out
the best in the other person through the way we challenge each other’s
personality is almost unbelievable. I never doubt for a moment that we were
designed just for each other.

The start to the two of us is my favorite story of all. I
find it so funny that I fought the feelings that were growing inside of my
heart for Chad for so long. I was scared. I was scared of falling for the wrong
person…again. I was scared of seeing something fall apart as I watched marriage
after marriage fall apart in my own life. I was scared of all that was
different about him. I couldn’t see myself deserving of a man who had so much to
offer, a man who loved the Lord, and truly would love me. I knew it was
something God said I deserved, but I didn’t know it in my heart, I couldn’t
believe it for myself. There was something about Chad that was different than
every man I had ever been drawn too – it was that very thing that made him
different that should have pointed out how right it was.

It was this day that he asked me to take that first step, to
trust in him and know that he was going to take care of me. This was the day
that he took my hand and told me his intentions to honor me in everything he
did. It was this day that our story began, that I took that first step and have
never looked back since.

Here we are six years later on the day that started it all.
I am so incredibly overwhelmed and blessed by the plan that God has for us. I
sit back and look at us, and I look at our blossoming family, I look at our
ministry, I look at our dreams and visions and I realize that it’s still just
the beginning. God isn’t finished with us and there is so much more in store. That
step, and every step we have taken together since has all been part of an
incredible journey. An incredible journey that continues to unfold every day. I
can’t wait to see what more is to come. There’s days that have been incredibly
hard. There are days that have been as close to perfect as I could imagine.
Then there have been all the days in between. Through it all I have seen God’s
hand time and time again – continuing to orchestrate the relationship that He
intended when He designed you and me for each other.

I am so incredibly thankful that I took that first step.
That first step to the journey that has continued to blow me away through all
of life’s up and downs. I couldn’t imagine doing this life with anyone else.