Well, it all started when...
“Until I saw her, I didn’t believe in the whole idea of ‘love at first sight’. I did believe in the whole idea of ‘she’s outta my league’, not to mention the whole idea of, ‘she lives in Georgia, 700 miles away from Texas’. But I fell in love at first sight in July of 2006, when Martha Blake walked into the McClurken Auditorium at the Stamps-Baxter School of Music in Nashville. It was my fourth year at the school and it was her first. I don’t remember introducing myself or what was said because, to tell the truth, I was scared witless. I tried to push her to the back of my mind after Stamps-Baxter, but couldn’t resist the urge to stay in contact with her. It took a few years, but we became the best of friends. In March of 2010, I summoned up enough gumption to admit my feelings for her, and asked her to be my girlfriend. Knowing her as I did, I wasn’t surprised when she asked for time to pray about it with me.
"Until I saw her, I didn't believe in the whole idea of 'love at first sight'..."
When July rolled around and we returned to Stamps-Baxter, she agreed to be my girlfriend. After Stamps, we slyly began planning to surprise one another with trips to the other’s home. Martha surprised me first, when she arrived at my home on September 13. I surprised her second, when I proposed to her that evening. We were married December 19, 2010 in Jacksonville, Texas. Many find this part hard to believe, but we actually saved our first kiss for our wedding day, when my Dad, the officiate, said, ‘Martha, you may now kiss your Groom.’ As hard as it was to accomplish, we felt it was important to safeguard one another’s purity by saving that piece of intimacy for marriage. Needless to say, God has made me a firm believer in the whole idea of ‘love at first sight’, and an even firmer believer in the truth that ‘God is able to do immeasurably more than all I can ask or imagine.’
"Until I saw her, I didn't believe in the whole idea of 'love at first sight'..."
When July rolled around and we returned to Stamps-Baxter, she agreed to be my girlfriend. After Stamps, we slyly began planning to surprise one another with trips to the other’s home. Martha surprised me first, when she arrived at my home on September 13. I surprised her second, when I proposed to her that evening. We were married December 19, 2010 in Jacksonville, Texas. Many find this part hard to believe, but we actually saved our first kiss for our wedding day, when my Dad, the officiate, said, ‘Martha, you may now kiss your Groom.’ As hard as it was to accomplish, we felt it was important to safeguard one another’s purity by saving that piece of intimacy for marriage. Needless to say, God has made me a firm believer in the whole idea of ‘love at first sight’, and an even firmer believer in the truth that ‘God is able to do immeasurably more than all I can ask or imagine.’