The Woman I Love

In 2 months Hannah Pambuan and I will be celebrating our 8 year anniversary, and as crazy as it may seem, marriage has been on our minds ever since day one.

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The very first time I told Hannah that I loved her was in the park behind her house, and just to add some drama I did it the night before she left on a mission trip to the maritimes. Fast forward to today and here we both are serving as Mission Volunteers for CFC-Youth Canada, to which I attribute to God’s amazing plan for our relationship. With both of us actively discerning full-time mission work, where does this leave our relationship? The way I see it, whatever path we’re walking right now will prepare us both to be who God is calling us to be as a husband and wife in the future. So it’s not that we would be putting our relationship on hold for mission work, but rather, mission work will play an active role in discerning our vocations.

Hannah Pambuan is the woman I love, and although I would love nothing more than to marry her right now and have a crap-load of babies, I know that God is calling both of us to do His work so that when the time comes to propose, we’ll know it’s because God has made us both ready in His eyes.

Hannah and I know that we’re not there simply to satisfy one another, but we’re also meant to be a visible sign of God’s love for us all.

Lord God, I pray that you continue to bless the relationship I have with Hannah. May you allow me the grace to always see her as a sister first so that I may be reminded of the task you have given all brothers, to lead our sisters to Heaven. Amen.

– Jesse R.

7 thoughts on “The Woman I Love”

    1. Awesome Jesse! Inspiring words thanks for sharing! May God continue to guide you both! The amazing thing about service is that even though it may seem it pulls you in different directions, God is actually bringing you closer together:) great insight! GB

  2. This is such a beautiful post Jesse :).
    My heart is smiling real BIG, because I know God is preparing you both for a very fruitful and exciting future.

    Please know that I will be praying for the both of you and that you may continue to be a true witness of God’s love regardless of where He might take you.

    I am proud of you Jesse! And…if God wills it….I can’t wait to meet the “crap-load of babies” 😛

  3. Jesse your words ring true and not many relationships are like yours, though they should be. You are both such wonderful people, individually and together. May God continue to bless your love and service and inspire the best in others 🙂 love you guys!

  4. Jesse your words ring true and there are not many relationships like yours though there should be. You guys are wonderful individually and together. May God continue to bless your love and service to inspire the best in others 🙂

  5. “reminded of the task you have given all brothers, to lead our sisters to Heaven”

    Your prayer is what I wish for Naya when she grows up. Although she’s still little, I already pray for the people she will meet when she gets older, including whoever brings her close to her vocation, whatever that may be. I would pray that the people she meets will do the same, and lead her to heaven.

    Thanks for a humbling post, a piece of your heart.
    I always wondered “how” your heart loved our Hannah Bear. Now I know. Bless you Jesse!

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