Ecclesiastes-Takeaways

 Here are some things to take away from the book of Ecclesiastes: everything in this world is vanity and passes away.   We will not be remembered.  Enjoy our wife/the things that God has blessed us with in life.   Fear God for, he judges all things in life.   God is sovereign and in control of all things.   Everyone will end up dying in life.  True godly wisdom considers God in all things and leads us to an eternal focus.  

Proposal weekend

 Last weekend, God worked out all the details for my proposal weekend when I proposed to Amanda.  It was an amazing weekend seeing how both of our friends helped and attended the Engagement Party on Saturday night.  Everything came together last weekend from the scavenger hunt to the proposal, to the engagement party.   Miranda and I planned out all the details months prior to that weekend.  I texted each of our friends and some family about helping out.   Around 20 or so people ended up attending the engagement party last weekend.  

Also, we were able to find the friends to help out that weekend pretty quickly.  The people that wanted to be at the engagement party were there.  On my end, the Airbnb details worked out last minute.  Miranda and I were able to keep Amanda guessing so she did not know.  The scavenger hunt and proposal weekend was a good surprise to Amanda.   She was only somewhat surprised for the engagement party. 

God showed me from that weekend how he ordained us to meet August 27,2022.  It was truly a God thing in leading us to meet that weekend.   We talked multiple times that afternoon before I asked for her number.  We just had an instant connection that afternoon.  Two days after we talked for five hours on a Monday night.  Then, I came to Austin in the end of September for our first date weekend.  

Now, we are going on eight months of officially dating.  We are transitioning as I move to Austin in a few weeks.  It has been amazing see God work out this relationship these past eight months of long-distance dating.  Neither of us have had much dating experience before.   God has totally worked this out for his glory.