On September 29th, 2021, I went on a date with a very special boy for my 21st birthday. We had been friends for a year or so, and he had grown to be my best friend. However, I was SO nervous, because I realized if this date went well, there was a really good chance this would be the start of forever.

Getting to know each other as partners and grow up together was something that took care, work, and patience. It was so worth it.

Through these last two years, we have been able to really understand why we are dating, and what marriage means. We have worked to put the Lord at the head of our relationship, and learn how to look at our marriage through an eternal lense. While we are so happy that God has loaned us our worldly bodies and given us this time on earth, our main focus in this marriage is to use our time here to glorify Him, and help each other prepare for our eternal life.

I highly encourage you to read Ephesians 5:21-32, as Paul discusses marriage dynamic, and how wives and husbands are supposed to love. he calls husbands to love their wives, just as Christ loved the church. He calls in return for wives to respect their husbands and return this same love.