Hello, everyone! This minstrel is celebrating 25 years since the amazing day my Father in heaven led the way in
orchestrating the best ever engagement! It was a Friday morning after about 4 days of preparation. Earlier that divinely orchestrated week the Holy Spirit relayed some direction from our heavenly Father suggesting that Valentines Day would be a great day to get engaged. I said that’s a great idea, why didn’t I think of that. He then directed me to a Heinrichs Jewellery in Circle Park Mall where He said I would find a ring. So, on Wednesday that week, I went to Heinrichs and went right to the counter and looked down and knew I was looking at the ring I would put on Lani’s finger on Valentine’s day. Lani and I were working in music ministry with the Baptist Student Ministry at U of S, under Robert Hookers leadership. On Thursday, I informed my friend and roommate Clay Bergen that I would be getting engaged on Friday morning and I asked him to announce it at College and Careers that night. I had the perfect plan in mind. I was very nervous and excited all the way to Minot and so I talked incessantly. Lani wondered what was wrong with me. I think we got about two hours sleep that night maybe three before I had to get up at five or so to go to the airport where we would fly to Minneapolis and then to San Antonio Texas. I was desperate to get a rose to give Lani on Valentines Day when I proposed but alas no flower shops were open at five and so eventually I gave up and boarded the plane. To my amazement as I walked by the stewardess station as we called it back then, and there was a long stem rose in a glass of water. Could it be, our Father in heavens provision for a perfect moment? After taking off I just had to find out who that rose belonged to. So I asked the stewardess, she said oh, my husband gave it to me that morning for Valentines Day. I think I said something lame like ” Could I borrow your rose to get engaged today?” She said sure. I also asked her to ask the pilot to announce our engagement at 7:07 cause I planned to ask her at 7:00 am as the sun was supposed to rise at that moment in time and we would be at 30000 ft. At first, there was confusion, she thought I wanted the pilot to ask over the intercom, and I said no, I will do the asking, just announce the engagement please. So it was set, just before 7, I grabbed my backpack went to the bathroom got the ring out. I put the backpack back in the overhead compartment and walked to the front to get the rose. Just before 7, I started walked back toward my beloved Lani who I was told later had just finished reading her bible and praying that morning. She had her eyes closed and apparently, our heavenly Father had alerted her that she was going to get engaged today, to which her reply was one of unbelief. “That’s not going to happen today!” Little did she know she was moments away from me getting on one knee and nervously and shaking like leaf saying ” Lani will you marry me?” She said yes! I was so excited! Robert Hooker got it all on video and soon the pilot would announce the engagement and the whole plane cheered and we got a complimentary bottle of white wine from the airline. Thank you, Father for leading me to such a wonderful woman! Isn’t she just radiantly beautiful?
I have had the opportunity to tell this story many times, and even won best engagement story at a banquet we were at! God is truly creative, and He is the author and source of love! He is the ultimate matchmaker not only for bring husbands and wives together but also for His Son, He has chosen us to be His Son’s bride to love Him forever and to be loved by Him forever. I hope you have a special Valentines day and have the privilege of both giving and receiving love from those Father in heaven has surrounded you with.
Today’s song is about that special relationship that we have with Jesus as the Bride of Christ. We are dark but Lovely to Him! This song was written directly out of Songs of Songs with Roxane Bell and two other young songwriters in the worship arts school led by Lloanne Pinel and in the songwriting classI was a teacher for.
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