it's not how i imagined...

it's so much better.

k and i were driving home from an amazing weekend with our sweet, wonderful, amazing, loving families and i realized, this is it.  i am living the life i have always "wanted" without knowing i had even really wanted it (i dont know if that makes since, but it does to me).  i am so in love with my husband and i love our little family and our sweet little home.  i love my in-laws. my family loves their son/brother. God has blessed us immensely. we have real community family all around us in Manhattan.  we are being challenged and growing closer to Him daily.  we are learning what his forgiveness and unrelenting grace looks like as we experience living with each other daily.  we have finally learned that it doesn't matter how you load the dish washer, sort the laundry, or fold the clothes... its not worth a fight.  we are finally learning how to enjoy each other... and enjoy and find joy in Christ together. 

all that rambling to say... i am blessed, challenged, loved, and growing EVERY single minute of the day.  i would not have put those fights with loved ones, those moments of selfishness, the anger, forgiveness, and all the other "annoyances" into my imagination of my future... but i wouldn't change it for the world.

enough rambling.
happy monday.

t.G.i.b

THANK GOD, I'M BLESSED
that is really all that's new here... i am learning to recognize and thank God for the blessings in my life... so here is a short update for those of you (mom and sisters) that read this blog.
 
k and i are enjoying summer together.
there are always parking spots in aggieville.
i have the best job in the world.
our apartment has remained clean for almost two weeks now (that is a record).
i have been able to take pictures (i am far from good, but i am loving every minute of experience i get behind the lens).
we (k&i) are learning contentment in Christ and not in how big our apartment is isn't and how much stuff we can put into it. (aka: conviction about materialism)
we are learning how to "throw seeds" (see Luke 8) and do ministry together for GOD's glory and no one else.

i am realizing how amazing and incredible it is that i know people who are all over the united states world this summer who are all going in order to share the love of Christ with people (and that is only within my Christian Challenge family, think about all the other Christ followers doing HIS will)... it leaves me humbled to be a part of such an incredible story...living and serving such an incredible GOD because of this realization i have really grown to love the words of this song...

His love is deep, His love is wide
and it covers us
His love is fierce, His love is strong
it's furious
His love is sweet, His love is wild
and it's waking hearts to life

HE is waking hearts to life.. to eternal life, using his followers to complete His will.
(you should go listen to the song now... really all the lyrics are an incredible picture of God's will for this world).  

over and out.
k

p.s. here are some pictures i have taken recently... enjoy