lenlen land :)

I had the chance to read my journal and came across this letter that was presented in our class during college.  Idealistic, true, but sometimes we just have to have faith in people. I still believe and I still have faith. Enjoy :)

If you must ask me, because I have you in mind, I am saving my first kiss. Because I have you in mind, I am taking my time. Because I have you in mind, it’s worth waiting; it’s worth getting crazy sometimes; it’s worth thinking a LOT. Because I have you in mind, I can believe I’m not missing out. Because I have you in mind, I am saving the best of myself for you, and only for you. 

Because I have you in mind, I choose to settle for nothing less than the person that you are. And because I have you in mind, I choose to not be anything less than the person that you deserve. I choose to settle for nothing less than what God has in mind.

I look forward to stressing over a proposal. I look forward to hearing you say “yes” and “I do.” I look forward to tucking you in bed at night. I look forward to serving breakfast for you in the morning. I look forward to both of us washing the dishes. I look forward to both of us leaving them at the table. I look forward to loving you, even when I love you now. 

Yes, I love you now. I choose to because I know I can by doing all this with you in mind. 

I hope you’re as crazy about me as I am about you; crazy that I write this without knowledge of who you are, your name, how you look like, or how we’ll even meet—-yet, at least—-. Maybe I’ve seen you already; maybe I haven’t. One thing’s for sure though, all this is worth doing because of you. 

One day I’ll see your face, know your name, know you, and know you’re the one God’s been getting me all excited about. You’re the one to kiss at the altar, hoping you saved your first for me as well. 

I hope you’re praying with and for me as I do for you. Pray with and for me, that I don’t eat these words. 

To you who is (hopefully my first and) my last, in time, your name will replace the ‘you’s in this letter. In time, there’ll be a face for the person I had in mind while writing all this. In time.



Head over heels and 
sweeping you off your feet,
Eric