Movies were a very big thing to me when I grew up. They were a great way to get away from whatever was going on in real life, and live through somebody else for awhile. My brother and I have seen so many movies, that there are times when one of us will quote a movie line just in regular conversation, only to have the other name the movie it came from. Kind of geeky, but to be honest, we were both pretty much geeks throughout high school, so it's fitting.
I had some favorites of course; Caddyshack, Blues Brothers and Fletch would be right up there at the top of my list. But the ones that really got me were the silly, romantic comedies. You know, the ones where the geeky guy somehow found a beautiful girl who saw past all of his quirkiness and fell hopelessly in love with him. There were others that had the guy realize that what he was really looking for was right in front of him. I guess some examples would be Better Off Dead, Say Anything, Can't Buy Me Love, The Sure Thing, Breakfast Club, Secret Admirer and later would be The Princess Bride or When Harry Met Sally.
I could relate all too well to the guy that just didn't quite fit in. Never really thinking that my life could have the sort of storybook ending I had been hoping for each time I watched one of those movies. There were a lot of ups and downs. Relationships that may have seemed right for awhile, but just not having that real feeling that this was the person that I was supposed to be with. I realize now that I turned out to be the guy that got himself the perfect girl in the end of the movie. Angie is the girl in each of those movies that I dreamed about. Beautiful. Smart. Athletic. Beautiful. And best of all, she loves me. Even with all my little quirks (and some big ones) she has been there with a smile on her face. I don't really deserve the storybook ending with the amazing woman turning out to be my wife, but I got it.
So I guess I'm no longer the hopeless romantic. I don't even watch those types of movies anymore, because I don't need to live through them. All I need to do is wake up early and look right next to me and realize that true love is not only possible, but that it found me.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." Isaiah 30:21
It's been said before? Who knew? I had been saying the every left turn, every right turn line to Angie since the very beginning of our relationship, well before I had ever read anything in the bible. Turns out, it wasn't very original.
While I was on a men's retreat with people from our Church, the guest speaker had a book titled "Made to Count". Being in a transition period (a.k.a. unemployed) I felt like this would be a worthwhile read as I try to figure out what my purpose really is, and the steps I need to make something happen. Later the same night, I laid down in bed and started reading. About ten pages into the book came the bible verse above. Had I not already been lying down, I think I would've dropped to the floor. Could this really be in the Bible? For my own clarification, I decided I needed to look at my Bible to really make sure it was in there, and it wasn't all just some weird dream I was having. Sure enough, there it was. It was about 11p.m., and Angie was already fast asleep. I was so excited that I just needed to call her. She answered the phone and I told her what I had just read. "Can you believe this is actually in the Bible? The same thing that I have been saying or the past nine years, (although it was a little different as we say every left turn, and the Bible has it every right turn) is in the scripture?" She wasn't nearly as excited as I was to find this out, at least not after having been asleep for a few hours. But she was glad that I was excited about it.
All that did was give me more faith that it really does all happen for a reason. Had I not gone on that retreat, or not bought the speaker's book, It may have been a long time before I was made aware of that particular verse. It was something I needed to hear right then. And like only God can do, he put it there in my path for me to see. Right there in black and white. In His holy word. Amazing.
While I was on a men's retreat with people from our Church, the guest speaker had a book titled "Made to Count". Being in a transition period (a.k.a. unemployed) I felt like this would be a worthwhile read as I try to figure out what my purpose really is, and the steps I need to make something happen. Later the same night, I laid down in bed and started reading. About ten pages into the book came the bible verse above. Had I not already been lying down, I think I would've dropped to the floor. Could this really be in the Bible? For my own clarification, I decided I needed to look at my Bible to really make sure it was in there, and it wasn't all just some weird dream I was having. Sure enough, there it was. It was about 11p.m., and Angie was already fast asleep. I was so excited that I just needed to call her. She answered the phone and I told her what I had just read. "Can you believe this is actually in the Bible? The same thing that I have been saying or the past nine years, (although it was a little different as we say every left turn, and the Bible has it every right turn) is in the scripture?" She wasn't nearly as excited as I was to find this out, at least not after having been asleep for a few hours. But she was glad that I was excited about it.
All that did was give me more faith that it really does all happen for a reason. Had I not gone on that retreat, or not bought the speaker's book, It may have been a long time before I was made aware of that particular verse. It was something I needed to hear right then. And like only God can do, he put it there in my path for me to see. Right there in black and white. In His holy word. Amazing.
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