An Opportunity To Be Strong

I watched Evan Almighty last night with Bear. There's a wonderful line in that movie. It explains that when someone prays for strength or patience, he doesn't just give them the strength or patience, he gives them the opportunity to be strong or patient. This line hit home with me as I've been sitting here contemplating my relationship with bear, and all the trials and issues that may come with it. I have been panicking as only I can about a relationship. I love this man, and I don't want to lose him. Being who I am, having the habits I have, I know that the things I am hoping will happen will take a great deal of work for me to make possible. I want to marry this man, I want to have his children. He is a soldier, and will, at one point or another, be deployed. I know all too well that this will be the fires of hell for me. I also know if a marriage can truly make it through a deployment in one piece that there is nothing it can't make it through. I don't claim to have made all the right choices in my life, but this is an opportunity to not only be with this man I love soooo much, but it is also a chance to prove that there is nothing I can't handle. This is an opportunity to be strong, to make a life with someone who's goals and hopes are the same as mine. We have big plans, and I couldn't be happier nor mor hopeful.