And So It Begins...

Well it's official - we're hitched! Yes, on January 5th of 2013, I married the love of my life and my best friend (those both refer to the same person, I did not marry two people). Her name as most of you know is Jenna McCorv...I mean Roberts. And honestly, I could not be happier. Okay, I know we have only been married a little over two weeks but that's a part of 50 years. In all seriousness though every single day, God has been showing me another reason why this is His plan and His work.

This blog is going to be designed for two main reasons: 1) To document our journey in such a way that married couples will benefit. We are going to be talking about the good and the bad on here. Never in such a way that we reveal our personal lives or in such a way as to shed Jenna or I in a bad light. This will be a very positive outlook on some of the things we go through. We will try our best to present it in such a way that other married couples can learn from it and also help us to learn from them through interactions and comments.

2) This is also a place for SINGLE people. I know that sounds weird, but single people can very much benefit from a blog on marriage. It will prepare you way ahead of time for your future marriage and there will be some things on here that you can learn from outside of marriage as well. So please don't disregard this blog if you are single.

I (Kenny) will probably be doing most of the writing on this blog, but I am going to try to get Jenna on here at some points. Even if she never writes anything, her thoughts (with her permission first of course) will be reflected just as much as mine on here. I will do my very best to balance this blog so that men and women equally benefit from it.

The main purpose of this first post was to show you what this blog is going to be about, but let me at least give you one thought before I wrap this up. One of the biggest things that I have learned so far through all the marriage counseling, engagement period and first two weeks of marriage is that love is a choice. If you are dating someone, or even newly married, you will probably have this bubbly feeling whenever you're around your significant other (especially the girls). But love is not that feeling. That feeling is conditional, but love should be unconditional.

There will be many times when you really don't feel like loving the other person. I have not felt this way yet even in the slightest, but I know the times will come and so does Jenna. However, when those times do come, you must remember (if you're married) that you made a covenant with your spouse to love them no matter what.

One final thought: Jenna and I were given a really cool idea concerning our marriage vows that we implemented into our ceremony. We wrote out our vows on a huge, blank picture frame and had everybody who wanted to, sign that frame. This was kind of a cool way to prove that we meant these vows because all of these people signed their names saying they would hold us accountable to these vows no matter what. Just something to think about whether you're married or single. Remember that love is a choice.