Letters to my Future Husband

Letter #1

Dear future husband,

This is my first letter to you. I never thought I'd be writing you letters, but lately all I can think about is you. What will you look like? What kind of personality will you have? Tall or short? Dark hair or light? No matter what you're like, obviously I love you very much or I wouldn't have married you.

Hopefully these letters will help you to learn even more about me, because I'm sure you know by now that it isn't easy for me to let people in. You must be pretty special.

And so I'm writing you this letter. Right now, at the moment in my life, I have no idea who you are. I have no idea if I've already met you or if you're some stranger I will one day come in contact with. I have no idea where you live or how we'll meet. I have no idea if you know Jesus right now or if you're an atheist. (But I do know by the time we're married you'll be Christian- it's on my list!)

It's exciting, thrilling, and scary. We haven't even begun our love story yet and I think about you on a daily basis. I wonder what we will fight about and what our home will be like. I wonder about the look on your face when I walk down the aisle in a beautiful, white wedding gown. I wonder if we'll fight to save our marriage if things get rocky, or if we'll forget the reason we fell in love in the first place.

I hope you know this, my dear husband. I love you. I love you from the inside out. I love the man you will one day be, no matter what you're like now.

I'm nowhere near the woman God has called me to be. I have major sins and major faults that I need to take care of. I don't think I'm ready for you yet. But I am waiting for you and I am holding on to my romantic, naive heart, knowing I will give it to you one day, fully trusting you to keep it safe.

I will always love you,

Erica North

February 21, 2014