So..here is my version of our story :)
I am sitting at the park with my friend Rachel when I get a notification on my phone saying that "Jon Spencer has confirmed you as a friend." I immediately look at my friend and say, "Who in the world is Jon Spencer?" I didn't think much of it really and went about my day as usual. That evening I had a message from this "Jon Spencer" thanking me for adding him. At that time I apologized for adding him and suggested that we simply delete one another since we clearly didn't really know each other... obviously Jon wasn't up for that idea :)
Not too long after that I recieved an invitation to a young adult worship service. Jon had made the 'invitation' so 'generic' that I thought it was just a general message to many people... I didn't know he was specifically asking me to go. So, I never responded back to him. I called my friend Jennifer and asked her if she wanted to go and she said yes.
As we walked in, I really wasn't thinking about Jon. I was more focused on the ministry and what it was about.... then I saw him :) He was sitting on the stage..strumming his guitar... and wooing me, for sure ;) Before this moment, I had no idea that he led worship, that he played the guitar..or that he was that cute! Needless to say, he now had my attention.
I was so drawn to his quiet personality and humble spirit.
He invited Jenn and I to see the fireworks with he and his friends, but we declined because we had other plans. But I left there knowing that there would definitely be more to that story... <3
This was in July of 2009. We dated for about four months. That 'season' of our lives was quite different. I would work until 2:45 and he would go into work at 3:00. Our 'dates' consisted of either me driving to Lynchburg, Va (about two hours from me) at 11:00 at night when he got off of work or he forgoing sleep and driving to see me. On the weekends he was on a ministry team that was planting a church in Charlotesville, Va (which is about 3 hours from me). On top of all that, we had other hurdles we were trying to overcome, as well. Our relationship became stressful and we knew it wasn't the right timing for us to build a healthy relationship...The Lord needed us to Himself. If we were to 'be'.. it wasn't then.
So, we walked away. We had zero communication for about eight months. Then, this past July I began staying with a friend of mine. Little did I know that Jon was staying across the street from where I was staying! We both had bought different cars since we had dated so neither of us knew that the other was literally footsteps away!
One afternoon Jon drove by and saw me sitting on the front porch and stopped. I about had a heart attack! :) My first thought was, "What do I look like!?" Ha.. Then.. my heart began to fight back emotion. We talked and shared where the Lord had brought us in those months we had been apart... and then we basically went different ways again.
A few months passed and I went to a conference in Wake Forest, NC. As I am walking down the aisle of a church, I look up.. and there is Jon. Once again... heart attack! Ha. It was difficult in a way to see him because I loved him still, but I knew I didn't want to force anything that God wasn't desiring. So... once again.. we parted ways.
A few more months passed... no communication... just prayers.
Then.. one afternoon... totally out of the blue... Jon stops by where I was staying and wants to 'hang out'... heart attack...again ;) We talked and shared like best friends... and by the end of the evening he asked if I would pray about possibly being back together...
So, one year after the Lord took us apart...He brought us back together in what has been even more lovely and beautiful than either of us could have imagined.
The Lord was soveriegn. He knew we both needed to grow and to love Him more.
Sometimes you have to experience the pain to treasure the joy.
God is good.
