"You Just Know."

I remember it like it was yesterday.
It was August 5th, 2012.
Exactly a year ago today.

Married people are often confronted
with this question:
"When did you know that
you were going to marry your spouse?"

And there is an increasing number
of people who answer with these three words,
"You just know."

My thoughts in my single days
went something similar to this:
"What the heck does that mean?
How can you just 'know'"?

Let me just sit here and say,
as a former unbeliever of the saying,
(rather, more ignorant to it) that
I get it now.

My Jonathan and I were friends first.
We climbed together, played music together,
ate IHOP oatmeal together,
and shared our hearts together.

On April 28th, he kissed me.
Exactly 12 days later, I left for Africa.
I was gone for two months.
Our hearts were stretched over the span
of the distant continents.
But rest assured, love is BIG!
And God is GOOD!

Two months later I arrived home.
And exactly 10 days later,
my Jonathan left for Cambodia.
14 days later,
I went with his mom to pick him
up from the airport.

I remember it like it was yesterday.

It was August 5th, 2012.

Exactly a year ago today.

We'd only been in the same
country for 34 days.
And thirty-four days is all it took.

He stepped off the plane he'd been
on for 30 hours.
No sleep.
His curly hair like a train wreck.
His eyes were blood spot.
His body in need of a shower
from being in a third-world country.
He was exhausted.
He was worn out.
He was spent.

And in that moment...
"I just knew."

He had nothing left to give.
Because he'd just given
all he had to serving Christ.

Christ is Who brought us together,
and Who has kept us together.

My Jonathan is attractive in many, many ways.
But the single-most attractive thing about him,
is his love for my Jesus.

And God has been confirming
me for some time that this is the one.
And since that day in the airport,
I've never "not known."

I remember it like it was yesterday.

It was August 5th, 2012.

Exactly a year ago today.