seeing is believing

i wasn't blessed with biological brothers, so God decided to put these boys into my life. now at first, i was shocked by their 8am "wake-up calls" of jumping on my bed, their sudden attacks of wrestling, and their relentless overprotective nature, but i do have to say that i have become a better woman for it.
in fact, it has actually been verbalized that they are on the '5 year plan' to domesticating me. this plan included me waking up to cook them breakfast, preparing for them a hot pot of coffee in the evening, and receiving such items as a spatula, oven mit, and "cooking for dummies" for my birthday. after all is said and done, i have to admit that i do still use the spatula and i fix one damn good cup of coffee, but as for domestication... well... maybe next year boys!

more specifically, let me introduce you to my friend, aaron. aaron is a 20-something pastor at a non-denominational church in southern indiana. his favorite attire is a white hanes t-shirt and jeans, his favorite drink is coke, his favorite game is euchre, and his favorite sport is golf. if one were to describe him in one word, i believe traditional says all that is necessary. you see, aaron is a fine young man (both in character and in physical appearance), and he is definitely out to serve the Lord. however, unless you are mrs.cleaver, i'm not sure that you'd make his list of options for a wife. at one point i thought i could suck it up and be the woman he wanted, but after realizing that i would probably have 8 kids (matthew, mark, luke, john, paul, peter, mary margaret, and elizabeth) and live somewhere in south africa where i homeschool the entire community, i decided that God had a different path for me.

i always laughed at the idea of aaron finding someone "good enough", or rather, someone submissive enough to put up with him! :) however, this past weekend, pastor aaron found himself a bride!

upon meeting his beautiful wife, i had wondered if someone had dug into his head and formed a live being out of his imagination and dreams. i was amazed at the fact that there was actually someone in the world, let alone the midwest, that matched him so perfectly. as i talked to him after the ceremony, he discussed how he was so blessed, and how glad he was that he had never compromised what it was that he desired in a woman. saturday afternoon he was awarded for his faithfulness. as i dried my eyes from "giving away" another one of my boys, i was in awe at the amount of trust he handed over to the big man upstairs. it's one thing to realize that there's a plan out there for us all, but it's truly an amazing thing to witness it. i have come to realize the value in not compromising and the truth behind "the desires of your heart".

i'm excited that God believes she is ready to be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, and i'm excited that He's got some more tweaking to do in my '5 year plan'.