I'm going to post a short(er) post for a change. I wanted to share a snapshot (with words) of two contrasting images, mentally taken years apart, that occurred on the same day. These images are contrasting because of reality. But at the time that each were taken, both mental images conveyed a hope, a wish, a desire, and in one of the cases, a brief moment of it possibly being true.
Back on Sunday, my betrothed and I went to an engagement photo shoot. I had already been in communication with the photographer for the last month or two, and after working through the contract for the wedding my love and I decided we wanted to do another photo shoot so as to get a chance to meet our prospective wedding photographer, get some photos, and ask some questions. My love and I were all gussied up for the occasion, and as we were driving off after the photo session, I had this flashback for a brief moment.
In the present, I was living a dream realized. But exactly thirteen years earlier to the day, I was in the car with someone else who had just picked me up after I had said goodbye to another friend. Back then, I was still hoping for a similar dream, and for one evening (that one), the possibility still may have been there.
I may have felt like I was on Cloud Nine for that whole weekend I was with this one person, but looking back, it became painfully clear over time that our visit was awkward. I wrote in another post that God used this visit as the catalyst for making changes in my life and setting me on a different and better path, which has to date led me to a great relationship with a great woman, with whom I am excited to spend the rest of my life with. But, thirteen years later, it was really cool to take in this moment with my love this year in 2023, and reflect back to the exact same date back then and see the good thing that God has done. And for that I am thankful.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12, NIV
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