Faithfully Fighting

Tonight (4/27), Peter Senesi asked me to be his wife.  He said he had an early birthday present for me.  I opened a beautiful card with the most lovely words of love.  Then I opened the bag and he had brought a lovely purse in it. He gave me a purse last year, and although I love new pocket books I was a little surprised.  But as I looked into the purse I saw a small rectangular box wrapped in a golden gauze bag.

He was watching me a closely.  He watched as my hands shook and I pulled the box from the gold bag.  As I started to open the dark blue velvet box Pete dropped to one knee beside me on the couch.  I couldn’t see too clearly at this time.  My eyes had filled with huge tears.  As I looked into the box Pete asked me to be his wife.  I was staring at the most lovely ring I had ever seen and the man I love was holding my hand and looking at me like I was the most cherished thing in his life.  I said yes, of course.

But in my mind I am wondering, what is he thinking?  I am weak, I am barely a whole woman, why would he want to face this battle of mine voluntarily.  And yet, he already has.  He has stepped up in every way from the beginning of this. He has prayed with me and for me.  He should be running away (heaven knows I've given him enough opportunity), but he just continues to step forward, holding me up, and treating me as if I am a gift to him. 

Over and over again, God’s blessings are insurmountable.  I cannot express the joy in my heart at this moment. It will be beyond all honor for me to be Mrs. Peter Senesi.

I’m not sure why I choose this verse, except Paul was dealing with some pretty tough areas of contention and contradiction when he wrote it and right now Pete and I will have to continue to face some hard traveling.  Some folks probably think we are crazy, but we see the Lord in it, probably clearer than every before.

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