Proverbs 18:22 (NIV) says:  “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.” But before this verse ever became something I lived, it was something God was preparing me for. And now, I write this not just as a woman, not just as a wife but as a mother. My Beautiful Azalea, This Is For You My beautiful Azalea, One day, when you are old enough to understand the weight of love, faith, and becoming, I want you to read this and know where it all began. Before you were ever in my arms, you were in my prayers. When I was a young girl, I gave my whole heart to the Lord. I didn’t understand everything, but I knew enough to trust Him with the most precious thing I had my heart. I asked Him to hold it, protect it, and not release it to anyone until He chose the man who would walk this life with me. I didn’t chase love. I didn’t search for validation. I let God write my story. I wrote in my journals about the kind of man I believed God would bring into my life. Not a ...