Carnations

3 years ago someone was praying for me and felt God gave them a picture of a pink carnation and God saying He will bring romance to me. They thought that seemed odd - a pink carnation? Why not a red rose? But it made perfect sense to me, because a pink carnation was the first flower I had even been given from a guy.

Once Duane and I realized we liked each other and started dating, I was waiting for confirmation to move forward, which would be Duane giving me a carnation. Of course I couldn't tell Duane that, so I simply said he should probably talk to Jesus about what he needed to do.

Exactly 1 month after our romantic beach walk, we were at a church in Boise. At the end of the service, everyone was given a carnation as a reminder of the sermon. It was such a perfect opportunity! If only there were some way that Duane could have given the carnation to me, but no.

Four days later, Duane & I were on the way to meet his parents. Duane asked if I had my confirmation yet, so I talked to Jesus about it. I felt God saying to me "I said I was going to give you romance, the carnation is from me, the romance is from me, Duane is from me." That was also exactly 1 month after the day we said we liked each other.

My first day in, I was freaking out a little bit. I just abandoned my life in Idaho to come here and be closer to a guy I was dating. So I asked Jesus again for confirmation, like another carnation. I kind of felt like God rolled his eyes at me, shaking His head. Just a few hours later I was given all the confirmation a girl could ask for...