A Great Adventure

(I am just now posting this today, 10 Feb 09, but our 10th anniversary was on 9 Jan 09. I lost the slideshow and had to redo it 3 times. This is a great memory for our family, and this post is for me to document our first 10 years.)

The first long talk that Jason and I ever had...before his heart met mine...occurred in his Jeep Wrangler while sitting in my driveway. We talked for hours about all sorts of things, but I will never forget his mentioning of Stephen Curtis Chapman's song to his wife, I Will Be Here. I was a very new believer and still unfamiliar with Christian artists. I can't remember how quickly, but very soon after that conversation, I was searching for the CD containing this song. I found Chapman's The Live Adventure CD and it ministered to me more than I ever imagined it would. Of course, I loved the song written for his wife. In fact, we both loved it so much that we had a dear friend sing it while we lit the unity candle during our wedding ceremony.

The Great Adventure, the title track, was a song that carried me through the next few months of waiting for the Lord to reveal His chosen life partner for me. You see, I met Jason in July 1997. A week later, he went to Kanakuk for one month. After returning to Houston from Kanakuk, he left for his senior year at Baylor. I felt certain in my heart that he was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with; however, I was waiting for him to make the first move. Over the next four months, I devoted my heart to prayer and to growing in the Lord...to learning about THE great adventure. When Jason came home for Christmas break, he pursued me and we knew very soon thereafter that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together.

At that time, I had no idea what an amazing adventure it would be. The past 10 years have been more than I had ever hoped for. If you have time (it's a little long), play the slideshow (with music), and reminisce with us over our first 10 years of marriage. It's a little blurry, but there was not other way to do it. The file was too large for blogger.