I wanted to share this with whoever hasn’t heard it already.
When I was 15 I was in Greystones, Ireland on a mission trip. I was in a really tough place in my life and was on the verge of trying to understand the love that Jesus had for me.
The place we stayed at was right on the coast of the Irish sea. It was a rocky coast line and the most lovely view of the sea and the coast line. One night after a long day in Dublin, I went out around 10pm and sat on a random rock. The sea was still around me. I began telling the Lord about how hard its been this past year. I sat there pouring my heart out to Jesus, and this cloud came against the wind and hovered over me. It was so close that if i were to stand up I could touch it. At that point the still sea around me began to beat up against my rock. Thunder and lightening started going. And the cloud started to rain on me. I’ve never felt Jesus like that ever. His presence was so strong i was shaking and weeping. To make a long story short…. It was my dream to proposed to on that rock someday by my future husband.That rock was a place where i encountered the Love of God, and my life was changed forever.
When i met Brandon I had briefly shared with him my story about my rock. And as time passed Brandon asked the Lord where he was going to ask me to marry him. The Lord brought back to his memory my favorite place in the whole world was a rock on the coast of Ireland.
To make it all short… Brandon and I went to Ireland that summer and on Aug 7th Brandon read me a letter on my rock and asked me to be his wife.
A few months after we got married I was in our 1st apartment and I got to thinking about the date that I met Jesus on that rock in 2001. I ran into my closet and started digging out all my old journals from that year. I remember that right after I encountered Jesus on that rock i wrote him a short note in my journal before i went to bed. I wanted to remember it. I skimmed through my pages and landed on it… date read… Aug 7th 2001. Exactly 4 years to the day without either of us knowing… Brandon asked me to marry me on my favorite place in the whole world. It was the desire of my heart to be engaged on that rock.
I love Jesus and I love that story.
Here is a few pictures and our video..if you haven’t already seen it… its our short version.
