THANKSGIVING

Came home from work on Wednesday evening to beautiful "Thanksgiving" flowers, a card, and a gift from my wonderful husband. I am so THANKFUL and blessed to have a man like him in my life.

Had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving with family yesterday! Just a few pictures of our fun afternoon of food, games, and a movie!

Overflowing...Walking in the Supernatural: Illumination

Illuminate

Are you ready to walk in the Supernatural? Are you ready for truth? Are you ready to be illuminated by the Word of God and held accountable to that which you have been given? Are you ready to take a stand, to awaken to righteousness?

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches" This verse is all through the first 3 chapters of Revelation, and it is critical that we listen to the Spirit of God in these last days. In order to live in the supernatural it is important that we receive what God has revealed through His Word. Our natural minds are not able to comprehend or grasp the spiritual things, including God's supernatural power. "The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:14). So, the only way we are able to know and therefore receive the wonderful things God has for us, is through illumination, or revelation by the Holy Spirit "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things freely given to us by God" (1 Corinthians 2:12). Illuminated means: 1. to give light, to shine 2. To enlighten, light up, illuminate 3. To bring to light, render evident 4. To cause something to exist and thus come to light and become clear to all 5. To give understanding to. "And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:4-5). Jesus said in John 14:12 "Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father". Jesus healed the sick, cleansed lepers, raised the dead, and cast out demons. Stands to reason that we who believe should be healing the sick, cleansing the leper, raising the dead, and casting out demons. What is holding us back?

"Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits." Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God." (1 Corinthians 15:33-34).

"Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in ALL your conduct, because it is written "Be holy for I am holy" . 1 Peter 1:13-16

If God is light and in Him is no darkness at all, then we need to abstain from every form of evil (1 Thess 5:22) and hold fast to what is good. The Lord desires to use a clean vessel. If we are to live a supernatural life, if we are to experience the miracle power of God, then we MUST relinquish all claims to our lives and be willing to lose our lives for Christ's sake.

"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9)

Overflowing...Walking in the Supernatural!!!

Praise God, we are so excited and have such an expectancy about what the Lord is doing in and through us. Zac and I (mostly Zac) are starting a new series in our Sunday School class (9:30am on sunday mornings) called "Overflowing...Walking in the Supernatural" and we truly believe that "true sons and daughters of God are led, controlled, and directed by the Spirit within" T.L. Lowery. Zac reminded us last week that we serve an unlimted, supernatural God, everything about Him is supernatural and everything He does is supernatural. And although the supernatural is unusual for us, it is usual for God. Just take the bible for instance, it was breathed into existence by God "For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit" (2 Peter 1:21) "All scripture is given by inspiration of God" (2 Timothy 3:16). The bible tells us that God does not change, He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). So, that tells me that if He performed signs and wonders and worked miracles before, then He is still doing it TODAY, Praise God! The Word of God is a supernatural life source, it is alive and active (Hebrews 4:12) and Jesus promised those that followed Him that they would receive the POWER of the Holy Spirit to be His witnesses. "God never intended for His church to be limited by its natural capabilities; He placed within it the supernatural, miracle power of God" T.L. Lowery. "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him" (1 Corinthians 2:9). We believe that God has not changed and that He desires to work miracles through those who dare to believe Him. Are you ready to walk in the Supernatural?

Refreshed

Spent a week at the Perry Stone conference in Chattanooga, TN for our Anniversary. What a wonderful time in the Lord. We were encouraged and edified by the word this week, and feel charged to spread the love of Christ. What a wake up call and reminder that many are perishing and yet we don't share our secret...Jesus Christ saves!!!

Abba's House

On top of Lookout Mtn

Love

Riding in the van

Harol and Marla, Ron and Carol

Ocoee River

Where the Olympics were held

Riding to service in the back seat

Huge pedestrian bridge in Chattanooga

Picture of the mountains before leaving

Hello!!!

Getting things straight

Fun along the River Walk

Didn't make it far on the walk cause

we got side tracked by ICE CREAM

WHAT!?!

Giddy up!

Enjoying Chattanooga

Posin for the camera

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

Yesterday 10-18-09 was our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! We have celebrated all weekend and will continue to celebrate all week (all year for that matter (:). Psalm 37:4 says "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart".

Hubby and I

Snow up at Clingman's Dome

Beautiful Fall Colors!

Riding Roller Coasters at Six Flags

Great Friends!!!

Beautiful Flowers

But the most amazing time came on Sunday evening. Zac and I were hungry (not for physical food, but spiritual food) and I suggested to Zac that we go to the Hispanic Church right by First Assembly. We called up our friend Ernie, who picked us up and we headed to church. We had met Pastor Francisco and his wife Wendy at our church and loved his heart. When we walked into the little building where they met you could instantly feel the Spirit of God. We knew we might not be able to understand everything that was going on because we do not speak Spanish, but we serve the same God and could worship together. There was such freedom in the place, and we found something there that was so very real. These people were only after God, nothing more. There could not have been more than 15-20 people in the building including children and even still Pastor Francisco brought the Word of God with such passion and fire. Incredibly for us his wife, Wendy, translated so that we could understand the word. Zac and I both went to the alter to pray and Pastor Francisco and his wife spoke a blessing over our lives, and spoke some prophetic words over us that were so encouraging. What a blessing to be around people who are hungry for more of God. After the service we went out to eat with Ernie, and Pastor Francisco called and invited us to come to his house, we were very excited to go. Everyone from the church was there and they were just fellowshipping and having a great time. One couple who had attended the chuch that night for the very first time was present and a few mintues after we had been there Ernie started speaking directly to the man about his life, things Ernie would not have know if the Lord had not shown him. The man started sharing about his life how he had been in gangs, had been shot and stabbed and that he should have died but he knows that the Lord saved him for a purpose. The man wanted freedom in his life for him and his family, we all gathered around him and prayed for his deliverance and he was delivered that night from the oppression of the devil. His wife and son testified later, that they had hated him for what he had done, but the Lord washed them in His love last night and they forgave the man. You could see the love and joy in his eyes when he felt free. His whole family was crying and thankful to be restored. We serve a faithful God!

Part 2:1 from Zac's Perspective

It is amazing how much we begin to see as we look back through what we have gone through, and how much our Lord has truly guided us by His Holy Spirit when we serve Him. (John 16:13) As I remember back to that October day actually it was October 15, 2007 the Monday after returing to Shelby, I recall being at work and the presence of the Holy Spirit was still very heavy upon me. I was in my office and was asked to go out into the field and help survey. I can remember it almost exactly. Me and another guy from work got into the vehicle and rode to wherever we were going to survey, I had no idea at that time. As we got closer I noticed that we were heading to Gastonia, NC. We finally pulled up to where we were heading and we stopped at a church that needed their property surveyed. As I got out and looked around and put the signs out I noticed something, the church property that we were surveying was located on Franklin Street there in Gastonia. I immediately had the thought to myself “a church on Franklin Street”. And I also thought “isnt that where they said Bekah was from, Franklin.” Well I thought about it but immediately became busy with work and didnt know how or what to do about it and thought that the Lord would just do it or work it out, so the thought began to fade overtime.

What I realize is that the bible says in John 16:13 that the “Holy Spirit will show you things to come” we all need the mercy and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ to discern and hear what the Spirit of God is speaking to our spirit. “He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit of God says to the Churches” (Rev 2:7). And I can tell you that as sure as God says that “He is no respector of persons”, He doesn’t look at one and say I love you more that another, so is how the devil works, he doesn’t steal, kill, and destroy from one and not another. There is an all out war going on to keep the will and word of God from coming to pass in ones life!!

A week had passed now and I remember having to leave home for a week because a job came up at work that was in Mount Airy, NC, nearly Virginia. I do remember having to go with several other ungodly men and spend the entire week with these guys, sleeping, eating, work, etc.. Needless to say an entire week out there was very oppressive and an immediate attack from the enemy that I could not see then, but now looking back it is very obvious. I returned from the week of work very discouraged, and the very close presence I had felt from the campmeeting was gone, and so was any thought of Franklin or the fact that Bekah was the woman I was to marry. To be honest with you the attack was so heavy upon me that I just moved on, never thinking that I would ever see Bekah again or the families from Franklin. It just wasnt a thought in my mind anymore. I moved on and began to seek and trust God for a wife for the next seven months. Looking back I can see how God has supernaturally protected me and watched over me until the next time that I was to meet Bekah and let me emphasis, it was never a thought that I would ever meet her again. It just did not exist in my mind, and honestly God had not done the things that I thought He was going to do when I met Bekah, like shine the light or speak to me and say this is the one. For that reason, I didnt even think that she was the one I was to marry, but the fact that God had so moved in Dalton could not be erased from my heart in a hundered years.


The next seven months I spent working and seeking the Lord, and over that time God softened my heart and strengthened it so that I would trust Him. Over this time He began to put such a desire in my heart for a wife that it saturated my prayers. Everytime I went to church on Sundays and Wednesdays I would tell the Pator of the church that I am saving the seat next to me because my wife is sitting in it by faith!! Hallelujah!! I remember looking out the window of the church everytime a car pulled up and thinking, this is my wife, she is here because I now thought that God was going to send her right to me through the church doors.
May 2008 came and I was bubbling with excitement because I had decided to go back to the Perry Stone campmeeting, now in Pigeon Forge, TN. This was the first time I was going to get to see the Chisholms and Judahs (The families I had met from FL) since Dalton, GA and I was very excited. This time I just knew in my Spirit man that I was going to meet my wife, I was ready and I felt that it was time. I’ll let you know that the campmeeting was to begin on Tuesday May 13th and last to Saturday May 17th. On the Sunday prior May 11th Kevin Chisholm called me from Florida and told me that He, his family, the Judahs and His grandparents were going to go to church on sunday at First Assembly of God in Franklin, NC after the campmeeting. They would also be going to the prison ministry on Sunday night and stay a few nights in Franklin and wanted to know if I would like to come to the prison to minister with them. I gladly agreed but didnt think of Bekah much, I was expecting my wife to be at the campmeeting.


I went to the campmeeting and had a wonderful time with everyone and enjoyed the fellowship and worship and was greatly refreshed in my Spirit, but my desire was to meet my wife. I remember Kevin and I getting to talk to Perry the speaker, and on the last day (Saturday) and we told him that I was single and that he should get all the singles to stand at the last service for those looking for a husband or wife, we all laughed!!! The last night meeting came and I do remember Perry Stone at the end of the meeting asking the singles to come forward, I was at the altar and felt the refreshing of the Holy Spirit but God did not speak or show me anyone that was to be my wife, and like that the campmeeting was finished. I remember leaving the building and was somewhat discouraged but I still believed God could perform a miracle. I ran into another older gentlemen there at the campmeeting that I had met at the Dalton meeting on my exit out of the building. As we stood outside of the building we talked and somehow got onto the conversation of me believing for a wife and that was the desire of my heart. I remember he looked at me and said “I dont see a wife in the next year”. I remember leaving the conversation and I was crushed, I must have cried for 30 minutes and actually began to prepare my heart to be single for sometime longer until it was Gods time.


We left the campmeeting on Sunday morning and headed over the Smokey mountains towards Franklin. I will tell you that I have never felt such a loneliness in my soul or spirit than what I did that morning. I had just left the campmeeting from hearing awesome teaching and praise and worship but I was completely empty. I desired a help mate like the word says and was discouraged that it would be many more days until she would be a reality in my life. I had always prayed that God would do a quick work concerning me and my wife including meeting and getting married and the thought that it would be much longer was to much to bare. We got to First Assembly of God, Franklin right before the morning service began. We met Harold and Marla, and Ron and Carol. I will let you know that at this time neither Bekah or I thought that we were Gods chosen for each other. It was not a thought in either one of our minds, we had already seen each other at Dalton and had made our prejudged opinions, but I could not help but realize that I was in Franklin now and at her church, how did I get here!!! I sat down towards the right front of the sanctuary and remember seeing Bekah as I looked over my left shoulder towards the left side of the sanctuary. I noticed Bekah walking over towards the Chisholms and me and she began to talk to them and I intentionally turned my back on her and began talking to Paul, Harolds son, so that I would not have to talk to her, in fact I didnt know what to say to her anyway. After the service I was walking out of the sanctuary I walked out of the left door into the foyer area and as I did Bekah was walking out of the right door into to foyer area, and we literally walked right into each other face to face looking right at each other, there was no way around this one!!! I looked at her and said “hey Bekah” and then shook her hand and then turned and walked away out of the building. As I walked out of the building I remember walking around the corner of the building and I was by myself not realizing what God had done and was doing. As I continued to walk it was as if God pressed me and literally stopped me and I thought what if this is of God. I went and ate lunch with Harold and Marla and then headed to their house (where I was staying) and I remember crying out to God and saying "Father I know that you have brought me to Franklin for a purpose, Lord let your will be done". As I think back, we as the people of God have got to trust the Lord and believe that He will direct our paths. Fear of the unknown and being fearful to just step out in faith will stop God promises stone cold. I am a living testimony that faith in God brings forth blessing and desires that line up with the word of God. I could not imagine my life if I had never moved in faith even if I had completely missed God. God is able to protect His childern. Hallelujah!! I remember pulling up to Harlod and Marlas and Harlod showed me my place of rest and it was his prayer cabin that He had built beside his house. I remember Harold helping me with my bags to the prayer room and as he headed out the door, he turned on some soft worship music and left. It was as if the flood gates opened from heaven and I hit the floor with my knees under the anointing and God just washed me with his love and put a confidence in me to trust Him that though I may be in a new land and don't know which way to turn that I can trust Him and that the Holy Spirit will be my guide. We all headed to the prision that night for ministry and God strengthened my heart the entire ride there and back and through the night. It is amazing how God can literally set you up for the purposes and destiny for your life, there is just no words to explain it.


Monday morning came and I knew within my spirit what God was doing and I trusted him fully. I heard the Lord speak to my heart and say "Zac are you willing to trust me and put your heart out there even if she completely crushes your heart, that I am able to protect you and keep you from harm." I said "Yes Lord". That morning I called Bekah and even though I was really shy, we setup a dinner for that night. We went to dinner with another couple and actually not many words were spoken between Bekah and me. I knew in my heart what the Lord was doing and that Bekah was my wife, but God had to work on Bekahs heart. Bekah will tell you that we left that night after dinner and a softball game and that she thought it was a complete flop and that she would never see me again, but I serve a big God!!! Tuesday morning came and it was now time for me to go back to Shelby and here I stand, I had laid my heart out there and I was leaving and Bekah did not care to see me ever again and I knew in my heart that she was my wife. The families from Florida approached me and said that "God spoke to us and told us to give you this" and it was a fifty dollar bill. Since I was leaving for Shelby, I thought that I would buy her some flowers and I got her a dozen yellow roses and it was exactly fifty dollars!!! Faithful God!!! God opened the door for me to take the flowers to her mother, Melinda, at her work because Bekah was working. I had never met her mother before, so I walked the roses into the school office building and met Melinda for the first time ever and said "hello these are for you daughter"!!! She was a little shocked!! and like that I left and headed back to Shelby.

Part 2 of OUR STORY..from Bekah's perspective

Ok, it's getting close to our Anniversary so, on with the rest of the story (or the next part anyways). So as we have said, after that first day we met (only having spoken 10 words to each other) we pretty much went our own separate ways. I probably only thought about Zac 1 or 2 other times in the next 7 months and in my mind it was pretty much history. Well, around May 14th I got a message on my cell phone from Harold, making sure that I understood he was not pulling any funny business nor trying to set me up (cause he knew how I felt about that) but that the people from FL (who they had met at Perry Stone) were going to be up at our church that Sunday and they had invited Zac to come with them. So, about 7 months after the first time I met him, ( Just so you know, 7 means completion) Zac shows up at my church on May 18th 2008...just another weird coincidence THATS MY BIRTHDAY! I was still determined that no one was going to set me up. That sunday morning during greeting I went over to say hello to Kevin Chisholm, his wife Holly and their son Peyton but did not speak with Zac at all. In fact, when I got to them Zac turns his back and starts speaking with someone else...how rude I thought! Well, then I figured if he is interested he is just going to have to come seek me out. After the service I hung out in the sanctuary for a while waiting on everyone to leave so I wouldn't run into him. Wouldn't you know I walked into the foyer and ran right into him. Zac said hello, shook my hand and then immediately turned around and walked out the door (he will tell you his version later (; ).

The next morning, Marla called me and asked me if she could give Zac my number, she voiced knowing that I had bible study that night and probably wouldn't be able to do anything since Zac was leaving on Tuesday. In my head I thought "oh boy hear we go" and was reluctant but said that would be fine and in fact bible study had been canceled and moved to Tuesday. So, Zac called me on Monday May 19th and I of course let the phone ring so he had to leave a message. When I called him back I told him that we could go have dinner but that I did not want to go with just me and him so I invited some friends to come along. At dinner Zac hit if off real well with the other guy that came along but did not hardly speak to me. To shorten the story a little I will not go into all the details of that night. Basically after the evening ended I took Zac back to his car totally thinking this was a flop, he didn't have a good time, and once again saying that was that.

The next day was my very first day of working at the hospital and it was great, I loved it. After work we had bible study so I came straight back and picked up mom and a friend and headed to bible study. When I got in the car, mom tells me that someone brought something by work for me and at first I was like...what??? She had a huge grin on her face and said...you'll see. Well, at about 9:30 when I got home there were 12 yellow roses sitting on the table with a card from Zac. I still wasn't sure how I felt about it, and I didn't call him right away to say thank you, instead I called Harold and Marla and asked them if they had anything to do with this...they of course said no, they didn't. It was too late to call Zac at that time so I told them I would call him tomorrow. Well, Harold being the fatherly type knew that Zac was probably on pins and needles and called him that evening to let him know that I had received the flowers and that I would call him tomorrow (thank goodness for men like him!). So, the next day I called and left a message (it was Wednesday and i knew he would be at church and I wouldn't have to speak to him...terrible I know) telling him thank you for the flowers. He called back and left a message saying that he would be back next weekend and wanted to know if I would like to do something. I later found out that Harold had told him not to ask me if he could come back down, but to TELL me he was coming back down and then see if I wanted to hang out. I had to ponder and pray about that one for a while, I was starting to wonder what God was doing. I finally called him back and said that yes I would do something with him if he came back down, he was SO excited on the phone he could hardly contain himself. Mom was sitting on the couch when I was talking to him and I had to hold the phone away from me because I could not stop laughing. He probably said the phrase "that just blesses my heart" about 5 times while I was on the phone with him, and when I asked him if he would like to go for a hike he busted out with "that's what was in my spirit to do" which I thought was strange at the time. He later told me that he had a dream that we had went hiking.

On Friday May 23rd after a long day of work, we went out to eat at Lou Lou's in Sylva. It was all kind of strange because I was at a point that I usually would not have gone out to eat with just a guy, but for some reason this time I did. Well, we were enjoying our dinner and Zac pipes up and says "I gotta tell you something" immediately I thought Oh no, here we go. Zac continues and says "I want you to know this now, so that you can get out quick or run if this scares you", I am thinking...What in the world is going on? He says "I am called to preach" and then looked at me as if I would jump up and tear out of there right then. I just looked back at him and said "ok". He said "I just wanted to let you know that now, so you didn't think "hey I got myself and engineer", as if we had been dating for a couple months or something. Anyways, we got over that hump and finished our dinner. We had a really good time chatting and talking about the things of the Lord and also finding out many more things that we had in common. After leaving the restaurant we decided to walk down mainstreet and up to the court house in Sylva. We sat on the top of the court house steps over looking Sylva for a while and talked about the things of God. In the midst of that conversation Zac turns to me and asks "Would you ever gut a deer?" which I thought was a rather strange question to be asking but when I said yes (blood and guts is no thing to me, I worked at a vet for years, and now work at a hospital) Zac jumps up from where he is sitting runs in a circle and sits back down...STRANGE don't you think??? Well many weeks later Zac reminds me of that episode and tells me that he used to joke with people at his church that he knew it would be the women he would marry when of course she loved the Lord, but if he ever killed a deer she would help him gut it. It was a sure sign I was the one...haha

As we were walking back down the courthouse steps it started to sprinkle (how clinche) as we reached the bottom of the steps I stopped and turned to Zac and just shared my heart with him. I told him that I was not here to date just to date, that I had prayed for my husband for a really long time and I was not willing to continue something that was not God ordained and purposed for marriage (I had been through it to many times before, hanging out with someone who is not the one only brings confusion and hurt in the long run). I told Zac that if this was not from the Lord then we didn't need to carry this out any further. Apparently Zac already knew at this point what the Lord wanted for the both of us, cause he just said ok, Ill see you tomorrow for our hike...

So the next day Zac shows up at my house and we head out for a hike with my best friend Becky (she was there for moral support). Little did we know that all through out the day Becky had been snapping pictures of us as we would hike up to waterfalls or sit out on the cliff...what a precious memory. We both found out so much about each other that day and so many more things in common (I am trying to make this verrry long story somewhat shorter so I will leave out all those details).

That evening after eating dinner, we rode back home in complete silence except for some Hillsong worship music playing softly. For some reason I had this feeling come over me that was overwhelming. I felt like I wanted to get back home as fast as I could so that Zac could get out of the car and go home. I wanted to run so far in the other direction, it was not even funny. Basically I was scarred because here sat this man who was turning out to be everything that I had prayed for. We pulled into the driveway and sat in silence for a few more mintues and the feeling grew, then Zac (being the discerning man that he is) started praying over me and speaking things over my life that were amazingly spot on and exactly what I had written in my prayer journal. He started speaking about covering and bringing forth what God had placed inside of me. I could not speak, only sit there and wonder...Lord what is going on. When Zac finally got out of the car I sat there and cried for a good 30-45mins asking the Lord to give me some kind of direction because I was convinced I was not going to continue this any further if this was not the man.

When I went back inside I took out my prayer journal and the journal I have kept for my husband to be and started reading and praying, searching for answers. This is what I found...on Oct 10th 3 days before I met Zac I prayed "Lord I come to you tonight seeking guidance and direction for the next few days. Lord do I go to this conference or stay here in Franklin? Please give me some insight into Your will for the next few days. Lord I want to in the place where You can use me, the place that You have already destined me to be no matter how small or big Your plans may be." Ok...strange. Then I picked up the journal I have kept for my husband and started to read the entries that lead up to the days I met Zac. Fom the time I started my journal in 2005 until Sept 30th 2007 I had always prayed along the lines of asking the Lord to help me be patient, help me wait on his timing and asking Him to keep me until that time. But around Sept 30th I was reading in Genesis how Adam and God were in such close communion and Adam walked with and talked to God and yet God said it was not good for man to be alone. So, I started changing how I prayed and on Sept 30th, Oct 2nd, Oct 8th, and Oct 11th (two days before I met Zac) this is what I prayed "Lord bless him and keep him. Lord bring him to me so that he is not alone. Lord Your Word says that it is not good for man to be alone. Lord don't let him struggle in this life. Father I ask that if it is better for him to be with me then I am ready Lord and I will love him with the love that You have given me." Also as I was remembering things I recalled a time when I had been talking to a guy named Zack Rusch and I had asked a close trusted friend to pray that I would not get into anything that was not of God (cause once again I didn't want to date just to date) and the person who had been praying about this situation came back to me and said "I don't know Bek, the only thing I kept getting as I was praying was "Zack no Rush". Ok at the time I didn't really know what that meant...but NOW with another Zac in the picture it was pretty astonishing.

So I went to bed that evening with all this stuff on my heart seeking God and His will for my life, and I truly believe that He began to seal all of this in me as I slept that night. I woke up the next morning and actually woke up my mom around 7am to share everything with her that I had uncovered the night before. Mom looked me right in the eyes and said "Well Bekah you having been praying about the man you were going to marry for a while, did you not believe that God would do it" Ok that was a wake up call and her statement really stuck with me. I had been praying so long and here I was trying to doubt and discredit what was going on. That morning I taught Sunday School and the Holy Spirit was speaking through me and Zac was there to listen ( I had always pictured the man falling in love with me as I spoke God's Words). So I decided that I was going to share everything that I had found out the night before with Zac and just lay it all out on the table. As I was sharing all this stuff with him (which was pretty scary) I looked over at him and just started to laugh (at this point after all God had done...this was too much) I realized that for the past several years me and my younger brother had a running joke because I had told JJ that I knew when I met my husband he was going to be wearing a yellow shirt (I had a dream once) and we would always joke when we would see a guy with a yellow shirt on that maybe he was the one. Well I look over and Zac is wearing a button up yellow shirt, I stopped talking, picked up my cell phone and called JJ "JJ what color shirt did I say it was when I knew it was the man for me"..."Yellow, why? whats going on....did you met him???" "Um Ill call you back".

After I had shared all that with Zac I started to think about Zac showing up on my birthday and the fact that I wasn't even supposed to be there that day, I was supposed to be running a race in Asheville, then headed to the beach with a friend, which all got canceled. In fact the race got canceled, my beach trip got canceled, my first day of work got moved to Tuesday instead of that Monday, and bible study was canceled...a coincidence...I think not. Zac began to share with me all the things that had gone on, on his end (which you will get when you hear his side of the story) and I was blown away with everything God did to bring us together.

The next morning I woke up and mom and dad were sitting in the kitchen (now remember it has only been a week) and I told them that Zac was THE ONE, and then I went to breakfast with Harold and Marla and the first thing I asked them was "when did you know" and of course they played it off like they had no clue what I was talking about but they could not keep the grins off of their faces...they had know for a while that Zac was the one.