time.

time could be an issue. but so could five years.

one of my favorite people told me this evening that they would marry in five years. she then gave me a 'shiiiit' look and said "That's a long time!"
before gracing me with this fact, she laid a disclaimer than is was neither her nor God, nor was it neither. it was a simple feeling. whether she liked it or not, she felt that five years would be the time.
i am encouraged by her confidence. that she would persevere even if everyone surrounding her married, and that she would not feel rushed. her time would be valued in a single, god loving way.

it is interestingly awful that we feel rushed. but we do. regardless we grew up a littler faster than most, but when did the generational change occur where getting married before 21 was just what happened? when did 30 become old? (not saying that it is...)
CLARIFICATION--i would never, my goodness, never bash couples getting married before 21. many of my best friends are in that boat or have been married already. and they are truly fantastic. they should be married. when the time is right, the couple knows, and their time was early :)
i do hope it is not because they are rushed though. or pressured. i get nervous if that is the case.

enough of that.

Lord- thank you for patience, perseverance, and being able to listen. thank you for listening to us as well, even when we have no idea what we are talking about- which is most often.