I keep telling my friend and lover that she raises the bar for me in terms of relationships and in terms of her character and commitment to me, and she hardly ever believes me. ;)

This week, for example: We were at loggerheads, and it seemed she was saying exactly the wrong things to me. It threw me for a loop and made me think (given my experiences with a great many wrong and unhealthy relationships) that things were over between us. Today, however, I came to TCU and found an email from her that was . . . exactly what I needed.

God's hand has been on our relationship from the beginning, encouraging and enhancing trust and mutual admiration, desire, and love where none was expected--and it's a good thing too because neither one of us is the trusting sort. ;)

(I am particularly bad in this regard--my personality type is one that "probes" people to find out what they really mean to say and what they're just saying in order to be nice to me.)

I guess God knew before he created us that we'd be hard-headed. :)

BTW, I do want to try not to talk so much about my relationship in this blog (as disappointing as it will be to a few of my readers :)) out of respect for the fact that a lot of people aren't in very good relationships (or any relationships at all) and may find overly frequent posts from me on the topic to be frustrating and insensitive. (I used to be in the same position, and I bear great empathy for those who are in it now--and as this site is devoted to those who are looking for a new way to view Christianity, I feel it is important for me to deviate from the normal Christian church tradition of rubbing salt in the wounds of those who are desperately looking for soulmates of their own.)