wow its been a long time :)
Just thought I'd enter real quick a couple of the amazing things God has taught me lately! Yes I will update a long nice summary of the semester once I make it through finals, but I just thought I'd type a couple things on my heart ;). First off there is no need to settle for a guy less than everything you have ever dreamed about. God does have that perfect guy out there for you- the one that will treat you like a princess that stepped on Earth. If he loves the Lord with all his heart, mind, and soul he is going to treat you with more than respect and love, he is going to encourage and really become the man that you will fall in love with :)!!!!!!! It's been an absolutely wonderful, priceless experience getting to date the man of my dreams. I have really gotten a hold of what it means to date in God's way and in God's timing and there is nothing like it. Andrew and i are not perfect but we daily pray and daily strive to glorify God in everything that we do. It's so fulfilling and it brings you so much joy when you know that God is above you cheering you on 100 percent. Sin can wreck a relationship and when you steer you relationship as far away from that world as you can, you experience what true love really is, a beautiful commitment. This has been on my heart lately because I am learning it all recently and the more I spend time building up this relationship with Andrew and walking with Christ, the more i realize how much trouble and pain I could have spared myself had I know all this back then. sure I was trying my hardest to do things God's way before, but i could never fully surrender. i always still wanted dating to be in my own terms, the way i wanted it to be. he'd be a great guy but he wouldn't be everything i'd ever dreamed of. he wouldn't treat me like i was the only girl on this planet that mattered in so many ways. and now i know love like that not only from my heavenly father, but i am getting to experience it with andrew! he is so amazing and he lifts me up in so many ways. and the reason i am writing all of this is because i know what so many of you are going through, and trust me i have BEEN there. you may just be struggling with small issues with your boyfriend but if you don't have complete peace and trust that reguardless of what is thrown your way, that God wants you in this relationship then get out. It is not worth it. Your heart is so precious and some guy really does deserve it. But that guy will take your heart and turn it into his diamond, and will take care of it like it was his own. It's just been amazing and I wish that so many times I could have learned these lessons in high school. I could have learned that purity is soooo much more than just not having sex and following the rules. Purity is how you view each other, how you treat each other, how you view your relationship. Purity is laying your relationship before God and saying here it is Lord- take is and make it be the way you want it to be. You know in the book 'when God writes your love story', the girl writes about how she finally felt that God was sitting over every decision in their dating relationship. and that is how i feel. that is why it is amazing. because when you have an argument, you just look above and God usually makes it very clear. you are able to forgive quicker, and love deeper. i never knew that love could feel so confident, that love could inspire you to really want to know Christ more. God is so amazing. I am so thankful he sent me andrew right before my MCAT and in this pivotal point in my life. But i am so thankful that i finally let God have the pen to my love story, because he really is writing a beautiful one, one beyond any dream i have ever had. i am in love- the kind that lasts :). the kind that will make it though any terminal illness or season of life. i just want all of you to be able to experience it as well. it's priceless. God thank you for being a God of love, and a God of mystery and wonder. You truly know me and you made Andrew to complement me. Andrew I love you. And everyone else out there thats reading this- please get to know Jesus- He will radically change your life- even your love life!!!!