the best gift ever (after salvation!)

Today I am thankful for the best gift the Lord could have blessed me with, and that is my best friend/boyfriend Chris. I am so thankful for Chris. I thank the Lord for him every single day! My life has changed for the better because Chris is in my life. He has helped me become a better person, and helps me strive to be a more God fearing woman. He is the most humble person I know. He has the best integrity of all the people EVER! He has a heart and passion for the teenagers, and loves the Lord SO MUCH! I never have a boring time with Chris. Every single moment that I spend with him is so much fun! Even if we are "fighting" I am still having fun (kinda) because I am with him.

He and I met at Liberty University. I met him my freshman year while going on a a trip with a ministry team called Youth Quest (a traveling ministry team that ministered to teenagers). The following year I made the team (Chris was already on it!) and became "Friends" with Chris. I put paranthesis around friends, because we didn't really talk a lot. The second semester of my Sophmore year, Chris went home to Florida for the semester. Then, my Junior year he came back, and we were friends with all of the same people. Then one night after campus church I needed a ride to the computer lab, and Chris was the only person that could/would take me. We ended up being stuck in traffic for almost 30 minutes (or maybe longer...it was a LONG time!). We both talked about other people that we liked. When we got to the computer lab we sat next to each other, and Chris just kept making me laugh (he is the funniest guy I know, or will ever know!). I am a sucker for funny guys, and I started thinking "Hmmm...he is kind of cute, he is kind of funny..." Not much happened after that, but we became good friends. Then the following semester we had a class together, and we spent a lot of time together. Chris would come to my job, and sit with me and play games with me. He was so sweet. Well I started to form a little crush (yeah right, it was a BIG crush) on Chris, but would go back and forth in my mind about the intensity of this so called crush of mine. A few awkward months went by, and then Chris and I finally admitted our liking of each other. It took a whole year for me to decide that I wanted to officially date Chris (I was stupid. I thought stupid things, and did stupid things). I had done somethings to hurt Chris, and he forgave me, and STILL asked me to be his girlfriend!
February 12, 2008 is when we officially started dating, and these past 9 months have been so wonderful. Chris continues to show me Christ's love and forgiveness and patience to me every single day. He is the most wonderful man I know, and I am so thankful for him. He makes me smile, he makes me laugh, he makes me annoyed sometimes too, but who doesn't?! I feel like I could write pages and pages about why I am thankful for Chris, and how wonderful he is, so I will stop now...but he is AMAZING! I hope that all of my girlfriends can have a best friend/boyfriend as wonderful, and selfless as Chris. He is truly a gem and I am more than thankful for him (if that's even possible...).