Married life together is a joy when shared with one who trusts the same Savior.

There I was. Standing on a bridge, looking down at my boyfriend who was on one knee holding a jewelry box . . . and wearing a Post-it® Note on his forehead. "This is the one, Laura. –God," it read.

When Will asked me to marry him, he said that I hesitated, but if I did it was only because of the tears that were forming in my eyes. I said yes and the rest is history. Okay . . . since we have three months left until our wedding day, perhaps our story doesn't yet qualify for the history books, but I'm convinced that God has such great things planned for us, that one day it will.

To any other girl, the Post-it® Note may have seemed a bit peculiar, but it was exactly what I had asked of God. You see, several summers ago, a couple other gals and I imagined, "Wouldn't it be great if God would just slap a note on the forehead of the man he'd chosen for each of us so that we could skip the confusion of dating the wrong guys and breakups and heartaches?" While I could see that Will's Post-it® Note was written in his own hand, I didn't need a sign to trust that God had answered my prayers by bringing us together.

And now . . . let the wedding planning begin! Actually, I'm not the only future Mrs. Schaefer making big plans. With Will's two brothers getting married within six months of us, it would be easy to let wedding talk dominate our lives. But a wedding is just one day. A marriage is a lifetime.

Looking forward to a lifetime together in this day and age brings some thoughts we just can't ignore. Are we scared by high divorce rates? No way. Do the in-law jokes, the not-so-happily-ever-after stories, and Hollywood's typically dysfunctional American families intimidate us? Not a chance. Why not? It's not because we're ignorant or don't take our vows seriously. It's because Will and I share a confidence that is out of this world—not just a sense of security in each other, but full confidence that God in heaven will be with us throughout our marriage.

What is love?

How awesome it is to know that God is faithful and his love is constant. After all, "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us" (1 John 3:16). We know how to love only because we've experienced Christ's unconditional, self-sacrificing, word-and-action love for us. As a single girl, I knew that God's love was all that I really needed. It was enough. It was more than enough. It overflowed! Will and I were two content believers, each separately relying fully on God. Now that God has given us to each other, we are discovering what it means to serve him together.