I just wanted to let you all know that I'm alive and well. :)
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
3 more weeks!
I know I haven't written on here in a LONG time! It is only 3 more weeks until I leave my Father and Mother and become One with my Husband to be, Dan! I'll try to get pictures put up on here at some point of the wedding and everything!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Thoughts
I have been doing somethinking about some things and decided to write on my blog. :)
Since I am engaged some things about the Love that God has for us has been coming to my mind more and more lately. I am out in Minnesota helping my Aunt and Uncle while my sweetheart is back "home" in PA. I'm only going to be gone for 5 weeks and 2 have already passed. Yet my heart longs to see him again and to be with him and not just talking on the phone but to be there WITH him in person. It is the same with our Christian life and our walk with the Lord. The Lord is our Lover, we long to be with Him at all times, yet we have times where the things of this world cloud our view and our desires become for the things and pleasures of the world. I even struggle with this! But if we stop and think about it God is the only one who can fully satsify our every need. I say NEED because a lot of times what we think we need is just a desire or a want that we have that we consider a need to make us happy or to feel satisfied.
Only God can be the one who can truly satisfy us and meet all of our needs. People will let us down and leave us hurt. God never will! I'm so glad He's always there no matter what we are going through. We seem to not look to Him like we should when we are going through the good times in life. We think we are doing just fine on our own during those times. I know I tend to do that and I reliy less on the Lord and more on my own strength during the good times. I really am trying to work on this with the Lord's help. We should have a desire to be with our lover, the Lord and spend time getting to know Him better and becoming more like Him. When we are with our earthly lover, we want to be on the same page as far as what they like to do and will become more like the other. It can be a good and bad thing at the same time. But as we get to know our Savior more the more we desire to be like Him. Or I do. There is a lot we can learn from our relationship with the Lord that impacts the relationships we have with others around us if we stop and think about it.
I have been struggling with something someone said to me and it has hurt, but at the same time it has made me think. They had said it looks like I jumped into the relationship I am in now. I don't feel that way but I can see why they said that. I made mistakes that I have had to overcome and God has used them to teach me a lot of things. I was going to not see anyone for a while and just let it be me and God. But that is not what God had in mind. Yes, things happened fast. We, Dan and I, started dating the Beginning of September and we were engaged a couple of days after Christmas. We are planning a wedding for September 3rd, one year from when we first met! Did I rebound into this relationship, no. I know it might look like it. I was not going to meet him at first or give it a chance. I just wanted to get my head back on straight and have time with the Lord before I got into the dating world again. But I was encouraged by my parents to give it a shot and see what would happen. I did, and I don't regret it one bit! I just wish that we would have met a long time before, but both of us agree that if we had it wouldn't have been the same and we would have not given the other a second glance as neither of us were ready then.
I could keep writting but I need to get somethings done.
I have been reading "Streams in The Desert" by L. B. Cowman. It has been thought provoking and challenging at the same time. I'm really greatfull to Mrs Maurer who got it for me as a gift! And in the Bible I have started reading through the book of Daniel. :)
I'll keep thinking and will have to do another post sometime soon.
Since I am engaged some things about the Love that God has for us has been coming to my mind more and more lately. I am out in Minnesota helping my Aunt and Uncle while my sweetheart is back "home" in PA. I'm only going to be gone for 5 weeks and 2 have already passed. Yet my heart longs to see him again and to be with him and not just talking on the phone but to be there WITH him in person. It is the same with our Christian life and our walk with the Lord. The Lord is our Lover, we long to be with Him at all times, yet we have times where the things of this world cloud our view and our desires become for the things and pleasures of the world. I even struggle with this! But if we stop and think about it God is the only one who can fully satsify our every need. I say NEED because a lot of times what we think we need is just a desire or a want that we have that we consider a need to make us happy or to feel satisfied.
Only God can be the one who can truly satisfy us and meet all of our needs. People will let us down and leave us hurt. God never will! I'm so glad He's always there no matter what we are going through. We seem to not look to Him like we should when we are going through the good times in life. We think we are doing just fine on our own during those times. I know I tend to do that and I reliy less on the Lord and more on my own strength during the good times. I really am trying to work on this with the Lord's help. We should have a desire to be with our lover, the Lord and spend time getting to know Him better and becoming more like Him. When we are with our earthly lover, we want to be on the same page as far as what they like to do and will become more like the other. It can be a good and bad thing at the same time. But as we get to know our Savior more the more we desire to be like Him. Or I do. There is a lot we can learn from our relationship with the Lord that impacts the relationships we have with others around us if we stop and think about it.
I have been struggling with something someone said to me and it has hurt, but at the same time it has made me think. They had said it looks like I jumped into the relationship I am in now. I don't feel that way but I can see why they said that. I made mistakes that I have had to overcome and God has used them to teach me a lot of things. I was going to not see anyone for a while and just let it be me and God. But that is not what God had in mind. Yes, things happened fast. We, Dan and I, started dating the Beginning of September and we were engaged a couple of days after Christmas. We are planning a wedding for September 3rd, one year from when we first met! Did I rebound into this relationship, no. I know it might look like it. I was not going to meet him at first or give it a chance. I just wanted to get my head back on straight and have time with the Lord before I got into the dating world again. But I was encouraged by my parents to give it a shot and see what would happen. I did, and I don't regret it one bit! I just wish that we would have met a long time before, but both of us agree that if we had it wouldn't have been the same and we would have not given the other a second glance as neither of us were ready then.
I could keep writting but I need to get somethings done.
I have been reading "Streams in The Desert" by L. B. Cowman. It has been thought provoking and challenging at the same time. I'm really greatfull to Mrs Maurer who got it for me as a gift! And in the Bible I have started reading through the book of Daniel. :)
I'll keep thinking and will have to do another post sometime soon.
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