Celebrate joy!

So this happened last Saturday night! :) Thankful to everyone who made it possible, to God for giving us good weather and a starlit sky as our backdrop and of course, to my fiancee (naaaks!) who managed to pull off a beautiful proposal that caught me by surprise.

Here comes the blessed conclusion to our courtship season... Salamat sa pagsubaybay! :P So this is the part where our courtship season is already coming into an end and we're about to enter a new season of officially becoming a couple... It was actually a series of affirmations but one affirmation we received was through God's creation. Kilig from the Lord! Both Dennis and I are nature lovers so we love these scenes and could not help but thank God for these moments. God is so sweet to us because He makes our dates that are usually so common peppered with His love and grace. There was one time when we were jogging and it was starting to drizzle but the sun shone eventually and you know what rain and sun creates right? We had a beautiful arched rainbow while we were running around the oval! There was also a time when we would just talk and we will have the lit fountain all to ourselves because it poured really hard that night and everyone went home and took cover.

Do you still love me? You asked I blinked Opened my mouth to say, of course But my heart stopped me. Do you still love me? You repeated I swallowed the lump in my throat And asked myself Have I forgotten You my King? Have I replaced You with other things? I closed my eyes Held back the tears And imagined myself sitting at Your feet I miss you, my Lord I miss the place where I met you The place where it was just me and You The place where I can answer you without a doubt  That yes, I still love You As guilt and shame flood my heart I took a step back But before I can even take another step You say You're forgiven, my child. Then You held my hand Lifted my face And showed me the cross. The cross made me pour out the tears  I was trying to hold back Then You held my face Wiped away my tears Then You said with the gentlest voice As if to silence the doubt that has been filling my mind Yes, my child, I still

Ligawan Stage So this is the part where Dennis already laid down his intentions, and I said yes to courtship.  I’ll share here the things we learned and what God taught us during this season. Hope this encourages you! Dennis told me to share his insecurities in this blog because he thought that it would encourage the men out there. Some of his insecurities were: