Just wanted to give you the name of an upcoming post… stay tuned.

You are wondering, aren’t you?

For those that know, don’t give it away.

For those that don’t… you will never guess.

It will be a good post.  Get ready to chuckle, maybe even LOL.  peace.

I have only been married 12.5 years, it will be 13 in August.  It seems like yesterday that we were standing face to face before God and the congregation of family and friends making our vows to one another.  It seems like yesterday that at our 5 year we renewed our vows in front of our California friends on the beach in Seal Beach, California.  How time goes by.

There is a movie that we have watched a couple times now, Madea’s Family Reunion by Tyler Perry.  It is a mix of humor and seriousness with many Christian themes underlying it.  It is sometimes hard to watch because of the reality and devastation of sin and then moments later, when you can’t take any more, the humor lets you forget the pain.  It is a lot like life and the way you go from the heights of joy to the depths of despair.  In the midst of all that, there is a quote that I love that a character, Aunt Myrtle, says at the kitchen table among all the ladies gathered there at the reunion.  Her character is played by Cicely Tyson. This quote so well sums up the love and closeness that I have with my wife and that I would hope any married couple could enjoy together.  I don’t think that I have put it up here before, so here it is.  It can bring tears to me even after multiple times reading it and hearing it.

Aunt Myrtle: “We had a love so strong.. that is just seemed like we were one. I would get ready to tell him something and he would open his mouth and say the very thing, that I was fixing to tell him. And then. there were those moments when I would lay my head on his chest just to listen to his heart beat. And then one night. I realized that his heart beat, matched mine. I have had an opportunity that few people ever get on this earth. God has blessed me to share time and space with a man that he designed himself just for me. I’ve not only been blessed… I have been divinely favored.

That is me.  I have been divinely favored.   I have no other explanation.  Even with the highs and lows of life that can often make me forget, this is so true of what God has done between Brandi and I.  No explanation, no goodness in me, nothing can explain or describe the love that I have been given and have been shown through the woman that God has given me.  I’ve not only been blessed… I have been divinely favored.  I pray that this is my praise and prayer for the rest of my life.

Brandi, I love you.

I’m tired today. it’s been long.  I have to go to bed.  I have finished my writing project which is an amazing feat in itself.  I am now in the editing phase.  I have some graphics/images to add.  Then I will be finishing up the cover and sending it all up to LuLu.com to print.  I’m excited at actually finishing this project, it has been fun.  I feel like I have been swimming upstream, but I stayed relatively on schedule for what I worked out.  Brighton still doesn’t know… so shhhhhhhhhhhhh.  it’s a total secret for her birthday.

We became covenant members at Matthias Lot today, the church I have been mentioning here.  On a totally separate note, though coincidentally today was our first meeting in a new location, they have just recently acquired use of a building in the area.  The crazy stuff is that multiple churches are working together to use this space.  It is awesome to see the universal church (meaning the larger body of believers outside the local church) work together to ensure the gospel is proclaimed and resources maximized beyond the usual way of business.  I’m thankful for all that God is doing in our midst and across the various communities in the area.  goodnight.