Complimentary

I love it how God makes us all different. We have unique likes and dislikes, favorites, physical characteristics and personalities. There are so many different eye colors and shapes and positions, and I can keep going. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, our struggles and triumphs. But I love it how people can compliment each other, especially in relationships.

I pointed this out to Fred a few weeks ago, one way that we compliment each other:

• I am so willing to see an opportunity and jump on it (partially because there are still things that bother me because I wasn't brave/bold enough to do, to say). But I am so quick to doubt, to worry, to fret.
• Fred is cautious when to comes to some opportunities, but his faith is unwavering. When he does step out, there's (usually) no looking back. And he is completely reliant on God to provide and make a way.

He is so good about not questioning me, unless I'm totally not thinking through a situation (like driving to Panama City at 11pm in a line of storms to get to him sooner). But when I begin to freak out, to let my stupid fears get me down and out... these words come out quite often, "Jaclyn, do you not have faith?"

We compliment each other in other ways too:

• He's loud. I'm quiet.
• I'm quick to make things more than they are. He puts things into perspective.
• I am a very typical thinker. He has this unique, out-of-the-box view on things. Sometimes it makes me laugh, but it usually works! I love his ideas and opinions and deep thinking.
• He's not always the most compassionate guys when it comes to frustrating things. I try to put my spin on whatever to calm him down and put things into perspective.
• We're both apologetic. We're both dedicated people. We're both hard workers. We're both seeking to do God's will. We both want to make a difference. We both don't mind serving. We're good to pray about each other and listen to each other.
• And when I am so quick to come up with absurd reasoning for his actions, he takes my absurd(emotional) accusations and lets them roll off of his shoulder. But yet, he evaluates whatever criticism I have and if it's legitimate, he works on it. As do I (or least I try to).

Also, out of frustration one night, I confessed that I did not have a lot of time to talk to him because I had this goal for the week to read my Bible and pray every night... and had NOT met that goal at all. His reply, "Jaclyn, why didn't you tell me that?' "..... I don't know." "Do you want an accountability partner. I need to be reading mine too." "Really? Well, I'm reading through Romans." "Then I will do the same. How do you want to do this?"  And we planned out goals and the like, and even discussed it! We have slacked off a little recently with his new job and me trying to do too much. But we are currently reading through Hebrews (his choice). I like it! I like the desire to read, to read God's word, and to have an extra motivation to do so.

Within the first month or two of dating, we were sitting in his mustang outside of the Grove on night after coming back from... somewhere. And he looked at me and said, "God's a plan."

Frederick Richard Schmidt. - I hope that's part of the plan for my life, because it's definitely worked thus far.