We are getting married! Hooooray!!!
Many would say "FINALLY!"
Others "Congrats!"
....and then there are the couple of people that have a problem with it.
Like I say in every blog, if you have a problem with anything I say, stop reading. I write things on here because it's one of the only places I can just type out my frustrations and not worry about the whole world seeing it. Here we go.
Like I said in my title, we are engaged, and we are young. But not stupid, immature, or even not prepared for marriage. I think we are the opposite of the above. Culture and certain people would say that unless you've gone to college for 8 years, and managed to accumulate thousands of dollars in student loans, you aren't ready for marriage. Well, I beg to differ. I don't think readiness for marriage should be determined on your education whatsoever. No. I'll even go as far as to say that no one should have a say as to when two people are "ready" or "not ready" for marriage. There is no rule book. And I think that's what many people don't get.
Why am I writing this? Because in the past week and a half, I've had people that know me, but not intimately, and don't know my relationship with Nathan, or what God has done with us in the past few years, that have had the NERVE to say that I am too young, and too un-educated for marriage. I've even heard someone go as far as to say that my relationship (and the time I waited for Nathan, which was 2 years by the way) with Nathan was obsessive, and that our marriage would be me just obsessing over him. .....really? Last time I checked, that was called love. And waiting for Nathan for two years was called being obedient, and waiting for the Lord's timing, and trusting that His purpose, and the promise He has made to me, would become a reality. It wasn't some obsessive fairy tale. It was trust. Trust in God, and in what He had for me. And look where we are. I don't want to brag, but we have one of the craziest, and most awesome love stories. We now know how to love each other deeply and truly because we WAITED on God's timing, and it was worth it.
I look forward to being married to my best friend. I look forward to going to bed every night knowing that I get to wake up by his side. I look forward to having children with him, and raising them up to love the Lord, and I look forward to proving alllll these people wrong that think you have to be 37 to get married.
That is my vent.
