V Day

It has been a while...

Valentine's Day went well. It also happened to be our two year anniversary. I sent flowers to her work. Lots of them. Not really my style. I don't think people should know how I feel about her. As long as she knows, that is what is important to me. But it made her feel happy, and other people I asked said to do it. Then we met for dinner halfway. It was short and sweet. She bought me some music. I bought her some writing journals, pens, and a book about Vermeer's paintings.

We were both happy, and it was at the same restaurant where we shared our first meal together, alone. It was wonderful.

Her birthday was a short while later. I got her some more flowers, some jewelry and some soaps and things. My pastor had mentioned the word extravagance when talking about God's love for us. I saw that word in a translation of 1 Corinthians 13. In the past, I have been known to be frugal (not cheap!), but careful. And I have decided that life is short. We only have a limited amount of time to show our love and I thought I would go a bit overboard in showing my love for her. After all, she is the one I will marry, so why not be extravagant. Of course, it is relative to my circumstances, so for me, I went overboard!

She was happy, knowing she was and is loved.

We spent some time with her neighbors. One of whom is an assistant pastor at a new church. He has been guiding me and helping me--he is trying to figure out what we can do to convince my parents to bless our wedding. He brought up some interesting points. I decided to try and reason with my parents.

Meantwhile, things are going well with me spiritually. I am drawing closer to God and am relying on him. Evidence of that includes that my car is in the shop, and I am not worried at all about it!