For quite a while I had felt like I was weird or out of place. I was never asked to anything, I didn't go out on dates, and I was actually ok with that. I fought with the discontentment and the feeling of worthlessness for most of my college career, but when I returned to school this fall those feelings were long gone, and I found myself seeking contentment in the plan that God had for me and not what I wanted.
Here is something else that I have been learning lately. When you ask God for something...He listens. It doesn't mean that He will give you what you want at that exact moment, it may take weeks or months, sometimes even years. In my case it was years. Years of praying for God to bring me the right man. It wasn't until I learned to be content in my singleness, though, the God decided to make my dreams come true.
I would love to say that my love story is different and unique, and in some ways it is, but the basic story line is similar to many others. Despite that fact, it is still the most beautiful love story I have ever read, because it is mine.
I met Tyler on a crisp October afternoon. He was hanging out with friends and I was introduced to him by the young man I was dating at the time. When I first met him I thought he was a rough cowboy who was too full of himself. Looking back, I can't say that I would change my mind about my first impression of him. But, despite popular opinion, people change and first impressions can be wiped away when relationships develop. Through our many conversations about how we met, i've come to learn that Tyler's first impression of me was fairly similar to my first impression of him. Funny how time changes people.
Tyler and I stayed very, very close through college, even after he left to join the Marine Corp during our Sophomore year. We were like brother and sister, but we had a very special bond. He was one of my best friends, always there when I needed him. Willing to give advice and protect me. There was not one day that I did not thank God for our friendship because he was a constant in my life when many other things were falling apart. That is something that now, looking back, I see as a huge sign.
I had always asked God to let me fall in love with my best friend, someone who was always there for me. I guess God doesn't just listen to our prayers, He follows through with them too. Maybe not in the timing that we had wanted. Maybe days, months, or years. For me, it was years. Years of praying and searching and waiting until one day God told me to look up in a room full of people and I noticed Tyler in a way I never had before. It was in that moment that I saw God's answer to prayers. That was the day I fell in love with my best friend.
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