I was just fine with my current lifestyle because I was working for those greater things that I knew would eventually work out... It's funny how everything works out, huh. It is really funny to look back and 'connect the dots' and see what Heavenly Father has been putting together for you all along. For myself, I have found that He likes to surprise and spoil me when I'm working hard. I know it's not hard enough but, when I do try, He spoils me and in the most interesting, fun ways--in a way that makes everything come full circle. It ends up making sense and reminds me of very important, personal things--turning me to Him more than before.
So I was single, working hard in school to get good grades to prepare to graduate. The place I was living in was... okay, okay, it was bad. But everything else was great. I was doin' my thing and loving it. Then I ended up writing my post January 27th, 2010(Haven't Met You, Yet), having no idea that I had already met him. At the time, this guy was my friend--a buddy I was happy to have.
It was early January when I was running late for class but I was hungry, so I stopped by the UVU food cart to buy an apple... and I ended up being a little bit later for class to talk to this sweet guy behind the cart.
In our first conversations of me buying an apple from him in the mornings, we found out that we had a whole lot in common. Then I decided to buy more food from him more often in the day just to have an excuse to talk to him. When a class was canceled, I spent that hour hangin' out with him and, eventually, I gave him my number and he asked me out on a date a couple days later. After that, we were inseparable--good friends right off the bat who were trying to take it nice 'n' easy. It was the nicest and easiest thing to move on to the next step. We felt comfortable and enjoyed it. There were times when we decided to try other things just because we wanted to make sure. Welp! Those never lasted more than a few days and my best friend and I would be inseparable again.
And this is where I think Heavenly Father likes to surprise me when I look back and 'connect the dots': I found this guy while buying food, just outside the music department during a time when I was just content with the fact that I knew everything would work out but that it just hasn't, yet.
Plus, I had this list that I kept since I was twelve years old. The list of a hundred narrowed down to ten very hard things for anyone to have. I never met anyone with those ten things and I knew I would be alone until I did. Welp! Not only did Spencer end up having all ten, but he had the style that I like, the hair I like, the face, the cleanliness, the family, the imagination, the arms, the laugh, the humor, the open-mindedness, the adventurous attitude, the generosity, the sportsy-ness... Did I make him up or is this real? Yep. It's very real and Heavenly Father spoiled me beyond my imaginations, literally.
Welp, the other day, my song came on the radio and, without realizing it, I felt tears running down my cheeks. I met him! I found him and a year ago, when I was just doin' my thing, wondering what Heaven'y Father had in store for me.
I'm grateful I was hungry that morning--enough to risk being late for class--and I'm grateful Spencer decided to work in that particular area of UVU that particular semester (I wouldn't have given him the time of day, otherwise). I'm so grateful no one else was around so we could openly talk for our first time meeting. I'm grateful I wasn't looking for anyone but that I was mentally and emotionally able to let someone in my life and that Spencer was the same.
It's a miraculous thing when these things happen, which makes it that much more fun when it does.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AJmKkU5POA)
I guess the only things left is to get married... My next blog will let ya know when that will be! :D
