Glad I wrote this this morning...

...because, just as I thought, moods change. :-) Not that I'm in a bad mood--just too tired to come up with anything like this! Glad the day is over. Enjoy!

I don’t usually blog from my car, but today deserves special attention. I’m just in a good mood, and those usually don’t last ‘til the end of the workday, so better get my thoughts down now while they’re still fresh (and hopefully, I won’t get carpal tunnel as a result of holding my laptop against my steering wheel…)I’ve got this great worship CD that I’ve been listening to a lot, and it always helps start my day off right, even if it can’t keep me there all along the way. One of my favorite tracks is “My Glorious” performed by Delirious?. It’s just a powerful tune to remind us of how God’s in control of everything, and in all things we should praise Him (especially since one day, “Every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,” or, “My Glorious!” My favorite lines from the chorus really make me tear up everytime, no matter what’s going on my life at that moment:

“God is bigger than the air I breathe, the world we’ll leave. And God will save the day, and all will say, MY GLORIOUS!”

In a world where there is so much chaos, so much hurt, so much destruction, so much fear, it’s comforting to know that God is bigger than all of it, that He is ultimately the one in control, and that He is faithful to His people. Does that mean that we won’t encounter hard times? Hurt? Destruction? Fear? No! Of course not. That’s what Heaven is for—this world is NOT Heaven. This world is where we stay for a short time, to learn and love, and share with others the love of God. Heaven is an un-earned reward—we can’t achieve it on our own merit; It is only through the grace of God that we are saved, after all.

Jeremy and I have seen God’s hand working in our lives in dramatic ways since we met. No small chance that we met the way we did (on eHarmony.com)—we had both been on there before, gotten off, and decided to give it another shot THE SAME EXACT WEEK as each other. And to think that we almost didn’t start talking because I weirded Jeremy out with my secret desires to be a ninja…. God obviously helped Jeremy see past that.

Throughout our relationship, God blessed us, and ultimately we married and were blessed some more! God helped us realize that the best place for me (for a time) was home, and blessed Jeremy at his job while we I quit mine. He then blessed us both again (within weeks of each other) with new jobs that we both love, and now He’s blessing us again with our first child. There are too many “perfect timings”, “coincidences”, “ya don’t say”, “weird” stuff that happens for it to be by chance. I can look back at the past couple of years and clearly see God shaping and molding our lives, ultimately, for His Glory.

It’s exciting to think about what God has in store for us. This morning, before work, Jeremy and I prayed together about Jeremy Jr., our jobs, our day, our week. It was so precious to hear my husband praying for his unborn son, and the “blessing” that he has already been, and I’m sure, will continue to be to us. I can definitely see how God has been working in His life, as he now gets up early for work to put in a good day, wakes up even earlier on Wednesdays to attend First Light, an early morning Bible study for men, just how he leads our family, because it’s the Biblical and Godly thing to do. How could I not be proud of him!

We have some wonderful Christian friends now, which is awesome. It’s so great to be able to say, “Hey, we need help with this or that…” and people actually say, “I’ll help!” We have a wonderful church that has a ministry specifically to help young couples (such as ourselves) grow together in maturity in Christ, to build strong, Christ centered marriages that will ultimately impact the Kingdom. We have loving parents, who are also Christ centered in their lives, who support us, pray for us, and encourage us. Really, we couldn’t ask for more.

The faithfulness that God has shown us is incredible. And even though Thanksgiving is still several weeks away, I can’t help but BE thankful for all He’s done, all He’s given, and all I know He’ll give. I just hope I can live a faithful life in return.