CASE OF THE vALENTINE

-lOVE STORY cONTINUES-

cOVID wEDDING 2020

LIKE ANY GOOD LOVE STORY THEY GET MARRIED AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER. BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH OUR COMING TOGETHER IN MARRIAGE! TOGETHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR AMERICAN FREEDOM. OUR WEDDING WAS THE PERFECT DAY WITH THE WAVES ON THE LAKE CRASHING AGAINST THE SHORES AND OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AROUND US TO WITNESS THE PURITY OF A LOVE THAT WAITS AND TRUST IN GOD TO BRING THE RIGHT ONE INTO YOUR LIFE.

3RD MEETING- eNAGEMENT

IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID-19 PANIC, LOVE GREW BETWEEN THE VALENTINE GIRL AND THE MARINE. STRUGGLING TO SEE EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS THEY COULD WITH RESTRICTIONS AROUND EVERY TURN. THEY MANAGED TO MEET FOR THE 2ND TIME AT EASTER. WHICH LEFT AN EVEN DEEPER LONGING FOR EACH OTHER ONCE THEY HAD TO PART WAYS. THE MARINE WANTED TO DECLARE HIS LOVE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE RING BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED. PRAYING FOR THE WORLD TO OPEN UP SO HE COULD GET THE RING. THE YOUNG GIRL DIRECTED HIM TO A LOCAL STORE WHERE A FRIEND OF HER'S WORKED. HE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO TRY ON RINGS AS SOON AS BUSINESSES WERE OPENED UP. JUMPING IN HIS CAR HE HEADED TO WISCONSIN TO GET THE RING FOR THE WOMAN HE'D FALLEN MADLY IN LOVE WITH. ONCE HE MADE THE 16+HOUR DRIVE HE WAS ABLE TO FINALLY FIND THE RIGHT RING TO DECLARE HIS LOVE WITH. WANTING TO TAKE HIS BELOVED TO THE FIRST BEACH THEY WALKED TOGETHER ON, HE PICKED HER UP AND HEADED BACK TO MARYLAND. ENCOUNTERING MOUNTAIN ROADS THAT MADE HIM SICK HE PUSHED ON TO HIS HOMETOWN. THE GIRL KNEW WHAT WAS COMING, THEY COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL! THE WEDDING WAS PRACTICALLY PLANNED, IT WAS TIME TO SHARE THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER. CAUSALLY THE MARINE HEADED FOR THE BEACH ON THE NEAR BY NAVAL AIR BASE. AS THEY WALKED THE BEACH AGAIN THEY LOOKED FOR SHARKS TEETH LIKE THE ONE THEY'D FOUND THE FIRST TIME THERE. THE GIRL LAYED ON THE BEACH SOAKING IN THE SUN AND THE SMELL OF THE SALTY OCEAN AIR, WHILE THE MARINE COMBED THE BEACH FOR TEETH. SHE SAT UP AND STARTED TO LOOK FOR PRETTY ROCKS IN THE SAND AS HE APPROACHED HER. WITH HER BACK TO HIM HE PULLED OUT THE RING AND SAID, "THIS MIGHT BE WORTH FINDING IN THE SAND!" SHE LOOKED AT HIM AND QUICKLY HID HER FACE FROM HIM AS SHE BLUSHED WHEN SHE SAW THE SMALL RED BOX IN HIS HAND. THEN TURNING BACK TO HIM, HE ASKED, WILL YOU MARRY ME? BLUSHING AND SHAKING HER HEAD, SHE SAID, "YES!" SHE LEANED IN AND HUGGED HIM SAYING, "AND YOU MAY NOW KISS YOUR FUTURE WIFE! " SHOCKED AND SURPRISED THE MARINE LOOKED AT HER AS SHE LEANED IN FOR HER FIRST KISS, THAT SHE'D SAVED FOR HER FUTURE HUSBAND. REALIZING HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE WEDDING HE LEANED IN AND SEALED THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR FIRST KISS.

tHE FIRST MEETING

ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A GIRL WHO LOVED TO HAND OUT VALENTINES. AND THERE WAS A MARINE WHO LOVED TO FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY'S FREEDOM. THERE WAS NEVER A CHANCE IN A LIFE TIME FOR THE TWO TO EVER MEET. UNTIL THE RULER OF THE LAND SAW THE STRUGGLE AND BULLYING THE GIRL WAS GOING THROUGH, JUST FOR SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH OTHERS. HE CALLED HER TO THE NATION'S STAGE TO SHARE THAT JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO THE SEPARATION OF THE COUNTRY AND WHERE TRUE FREEDOM COMES FROM. SOON AFTER THE DECREE WENT OUT, THE MARINE HEARD OF THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND REACHED OUT IN AGREEMENT TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND SPEECH. THE POOR GIRL WAS OVERWHELMED WITH RESPONSES, SHE POLITELY TOLD HIM SHE DOESN'T HAVE STRANGERS AS FRIENDS. MONTHS WENT BY WITH VERY LITTLE CONTACT AND NO FRIENDSHIP. UNTIL CHRISTMAS DAY, WHEN THE GIRL CRIED OUT TO GOD TO SEND HER HELP IN THE CALLING SHE'D BEEN CALLED TO, TO FIGHT FOR HER COUNTRY'S RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THE MARINE WAS A MAN OF THE SEA AND SHARED A PICTURE OF A SHARK, WHICH CAUGHT THE GIRL'S EYE. WITH A SIMPLE COMMENT FROM THE GIRL, "NICE SHARK!" THE TWO BEGIN A CONVERSATION FILLED WITH SIMILARITIES AND DREAMS. THEN THEY SET OUT TO MEET IN A SECRET PLACE NOT YET FRIENDS, THEY WERE HOPING THINGS WERE JUST RIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO. IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT! THEY KNEW THEY WERE A PERFECT MATCH FOR THE OTHER. RETURNING HOME THEY COULDN'T FORGET THE FEW MOMENTS TOGETHER AND HOW GOD HAD BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.
NOW ON OTHER SIDES OF A COUNTRY SEPARATED BY A WICKED DISEASE, THEY FOUGHT TO STAY CONNECTED, HOPING GOOD FRIDAY WOULD BRING THEM TOGETHER IF ONLY FOR A FEW MORE MOMENTS. PRAYING THE CURE WOULD BE FOUND IN TIME TO CELEBRATE THE REAL REASON FOR LIFE ITSELF. JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON! HIS RESURRECTION CONQUERED DEATH! WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR! FOR DEATH IN CHRIST IS GAIN, BUT DEATH WITHOUT HIM IS VAIN! DECIDE TO KNOW JESUS NOW AND REPENT, DON'T WAIT FOR WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. TOMORROW IS NEVER PROMISED! MY MOM KNEW THAT! JESUS LOVES YOU!