"Today I met the boy I'm going to marry..."

Seventeen years ago, I had just moved to Austin and was lonely. I went up to Temple to spend the weekend with my aunt and uncle, where my uncle was a pastor. On Saturday, my aunt told me that they were having a revival starting Sunday morning. Following the morning service, they were having a church-wide lunch.

On Sunday, I went to Sunday School and then went to the worship service. As the service began, a young man got up and began singing "Almighty". My first thought was "Wow, he has a beautiful voice!" As I continued to listen to him sing, I began to wonder if he was single or had a girlfriend. After the service ended, everyone was invited to have lunch. Since my uncle was the pastor, we were going to host the revival preacher and music leader at our table. The preacher sat down directly across from me and the music leader sat one seat down. During lunch, the preacher asked me all kinds of questions - where was I from, what things did I like, etc. I was hoping that the music leader would ask some questions, but he was fairly quiet. I learned that he was a music/youth minister in Marlin and that he was single. At the end of lunch, the two men left to rest for the afternoon. As I drove back to Austin that afternoon, I was still thinking about how I wish that the young man with the beautiful voice would have asked me for my phone number or asked if I would be there for the night service. But I couldn't do anything to change it, it was all in God's hands now.

Little did I know what God had in store for us. The young man with the beautiful voice would soon be "the man I'm going to marry!" I love you Paul. It is hard to believe that it all began 17 years ago today.