On our daughter’s 18th birthday, my husband and I gave her a tie. Yes, that’s right- a tie. Navy blue with pink and white stripes, the colors she’s chosen for her dream wedding. Even more than she dreams about the perfect wedding, we dream together about the man who will be God’s perfect match for her; the man who is beyond excited to spend the rest of his life loving her; the man who will one day be waiting for her at the front of the church wearing that tie. The gift was given as a visual reminder to her to keep praying for that man, to pray that God will raise him up and grow him and prepare him to lead and love her well.