God's love is meteoric, His loyalty astronomic, His purpose titanic, His verdicts oceanic. Yet in His largeness nothing gets lost; Not a man, not a mouse, slips through the cracks.
It's finally here! My favorite time of the year - Christmastime! I love all the cold weather, all the shopping, and the movies that come on TV. I love getting to spend time with my family and friends. And last but definitely not least, I love that SCHOOL IS OUT for a month! I am so excited and so blessed to spend this time with all my good friends, my family, and my wonderful fiance. The other night Jeremy and I watched The Grinch with Jim Carrey! One of my all time favorites :)
This Christmas Eve, Jeremy and I will be spending the morning with his side of the family in Griffin, GA. After brunch and presents, we will be driving back up to the Von Stein's for the rest of the day! I am so excited! My side of the family is doing a white elephant gift exchange for the first time - should be very interesting!
This previous semester of school was my last semester until next Fall of 2011. I am going to be working a lot to build up Jeremy and I's savings account. I am then going back to school for Cosmetology! I am so excited! I finally know what I want to do with the rest of my life. I'm so thankful to have Jeremy who is so encouraging in this also :)
Jeremy and I had our engagement party on December 12th. It was a blast! A bunch of wonderful people showed up and helped us both celebrate this beautiful time in our life together so far. We had a whole bunch of food, bonfire, and games. It was great to spend this time with the people who have been such an encouragement in both Jeremy and I's life!
Jeremy and I have our engagement picture shoot on Sunday, the 19th! We are both so excited, we already have our outfits all picked out :) So many things are finally getting finalized with the wedding plans and all. We put down a deposit for Hillside United Methodist Church in Woodstock yesterday - it is beautiful! The sanctuary has beautiful stain glass, a wide center isle, and allows dancing! Dancing is a must :)
This is basically just a fill in of life lately :) God is so faithful to me - so blessed.
To say I am STILL shocked would be an understatement.
Last Wednesday, October 27th, 2010, Jeremiah Daniel Whitehead asked me to be his wife.
We are both small group leaders for our middle school ministry, Revolution, at West Ridge Church in Dallas, GA. So, last Wednesday, he asked me the sweetest question I will ever be asked: "Will you marry me?" To set the story up, I'll lay out some of the details. Brad, the "head honcho" of the middle school ministry, always has a game for the middle schoolers to participate in before the worship and sermon. This past Wednesday, he asked Jeremy to go up on stage to set up the game (he brought out a table with 3 posters, 3 markers, and 3 blindfolds). I was sitting behind all the middle schoolers praying that Brad would not ask me up on stage. Sure enough, Brad calls me up (however, looking back it was SO worth it). Two middle school girls came up also to do the competition with me. Jeremy puts on my blindfold while Brad puts on the other two girls' blindfolds. We had to draw a Bible in 30 seconds while blindfolded. After we were done, Brad took off the two girls' blindfolds while saying, "Keep your blindfolds on." I had absolutely NO idea what was going on. Brad held up my beautiful Bible drawing (which was absolutely horrendous) and made everyone cheer and scream for mine so I could win the "prize." Brad tells Jeremy to give me the prize, and I thought he was going to feed me something nasty! So, I hold up my hands, but I heard Jeremy whispering telling me to take my blindfold off. Right when I started reaching behind my head to untie the blindfold, I hear Taylor Swift's "Love Story" start playing. I could not untie the stinkin' thing, so I just quickly pull it down to my neck. I look to my left, and I see Jeremy on one knee asking, "Caroline, will you marry me?" I probably said "yes" about 20 times. ;) God's faithfulness is so crazy. I was so in shock I didn't even pay attention to what was going on around me until a few minutes afterward. I look down to the front of the stage and see my dad taking pictures! Both my parents were there taking pictures and video! Jeremy's mom was present also :) I remember showing Mary and Kayla my ring as we were leaving the stage, and my hands were shaking! I remained shaken for the rest of the night basically. Good shakes of course, just so shocked! Happiest day of my life.
I don't just want to marry him, I want to be his wife. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him, go through every aspect of life together with him, start a family, build our dream house. I have been working on wedding details for the past week, which has been such an enjoyment and an exciting time! But, the wedding is of least importance. A wedding is simply a few hours, being a wife is forever. I pray that I can be the woman Jeremy needs, a godly encouragement in every way, and to love him in everything WE do as one - a unity.
How it all started: I started going to West Ridge Church in February. I remember sitting with Bethany (sister) and Bonnie (cousin). Jeremy happened to sit in front of us that week. I literally thought in the back of my mind that there was no way - he was "way out of my league." I still did not know who he was or what his name was. I didn't officially meet him until one Sunday a few weeks later after church. Bonnie invited him to Passion City that night, so he came. It was Bonnie, Bethany, Austin, Jeremy, and I. We would always listen to loud music (Backstreet Boys all the way) and have mini van dance parties; however, the week Jeremy drove with us we didn't. Bethany and I were in the back while Jeremy and Bonnie were up front talking. We were bummed about the no dance party part, lol. I was thinking in my head about how I have never met a guy who talked so much in my entire life. So we went to Passion City (which is AMAZING!!!), left, and headed home. A few days later, Jeremy starts talking to me on Facebook. We talk for a few hours actually, about random things (literally random things - random facts actually). That is when I got in touch with his goofy side for the first time; he literally made me LOL while on the computer which is a hard thing to do! That Friday morning I went down to Florida with my sweet friend, Sara Black, for the weekend. He Facebooked me again that Friday night and not so subtly asked for my number. He was heading into work the next morning, and he mentioned that it was going to be insanely boring because he had no one to text. I then gave him my number - so technically I made the first step? We were texting all that night, and every day since :) We text all day, if not texting then we are on the phone with each other. I love being in constant contact with him, I could never get tired of that silly, handsome boy :) Right from the start, he was so encouraging to me in every way - my spiritual walk with God, my schoolwork, my everything. He would give me advice when I needed some guidance. He was always/is always there when I need him. We went to a church camp, called RUSH with the rest of the youth ministry at West Ridge Church back in June. We were coming up on our one month, which was the day before we left. I was in my condo room getting ready to hop into bed. I didn't even realize until I laid down that there was something underneath my pillow. I lift up my pillow and there is a book (Captivation - good book! I definitely suggest it). I open the book and a letter falls down. I had no idea who it was from or why it was there (I actually thought the maid accidentally left it in my room!) but I start reading the letter (which is still keep in my wallet!). He told me he loved me for the first time. I do not understand what he sees in me or why he loves me the way he does. I'm weird...to say the least. It's just the truth, but I'm so blessed that he does! We have been together for about 6 months now, best months of my life so far, and I'm sure the Lord will bless us with many more! He is such a hardworking, caring, funny, and Godly man. I could not ask for anyone else, God's grace is immeasurable.
This is just the beginning of our adventure together. On June 11th, 2011, we will no longer be a "couple"...we will be a unity. Such a blessing! I am beyond excited, so blessed, and totally in awe of the Lord's faithfulness.
This past week has been full of ups and downs! I dog-sat this past weekend for two dogs, Kate and Casey. They would wake me up at 5 a.m. barking like MAD, but it was nice to be by myself for a few days! This past Saturday night I babysat for a few kids while their parents went out. I was POOPED ON, yes pooped on by a 5 year old. I didn't even know 5 year old still pooped their pants, but apparently they do. So I had to spend the rest of the night smelling like poop and with brown smears on my shirt. It was absolutely disgusting. I babysat for over 6 hours for a bunch of WILD and obnoxious kids and only got $40. But, whatever. That's done with and over, and will not happen again, haha. Yesterday, Sunday, we had a leader's meeting at Pump It Up. One word: AMAZING. It's a huge room with huge inflatables. We had a wrestling match, basically acting like UFC fighters for hours. I'm so bruised and scraped up, but it was totally worth it. Jeremy was competing in an obstacle course they had, and he fell when he was running from one inflatable to the other. He also tried to run into a place on the inflatable that wasn't even an entrance. He tried to kick through it cause he thought that was the way in...I almost peed myself from laughing so hard. I'm so thankful to be leading with such sweet friends and Christ followers, such an encouragement! I can't wait to see God will reveal to me this coming week :)
Yesterday, I got a surprise: my sister and my adorable nephew, Ben, decided to come down to Georgia from Virginia Beach for 2 weeks! I always enjoy spending time with the two of them, Max is still up at Virginia - he was unable to come unfortunately :(
This week has been relatively amazing! I have been able to relax in God's peace. :) Last night, I was laying in bed and I was simply AMAZED at how many blessing my glorious Savior has bestowed upon my life: my family, my boyfriend, my friends, my house and car, and even the ability to go to college and further my education. So basically, my posts might be completely random and pointless, or I may ramble on and on...But I love expressing my thoughts!
I have two older sisters, one younger brother, and parents that have been married for over 25 years. I live in Canton, Georgia and I attend Kennesaw State University. I am currently a sophomore and majoring in Business. I am a leader for a group of amazing and beautiful young women (7th grade girls) at Westridge Church in Dallas, Georgia. I expect God will use me deeply and dearly in their lives this year; He is a such a big God, therefore my expectations can be BIG no matter what the circumstance :) I have learned so much this past year. I have learned how to love more deeply, praise God through every situation (good and "bad"), and to put my words and beliefs into actions. EVERYTHING is well with my soul - I know that God WILL come through for me and that his will is beyond perfect.
