Just a girl...

I'm just a girl who more than anything wants to love and be loved. The truth is, that's what we all want. Could that be because we are created in the image of a God who is longing for that very same thing? Brendon and I just recently celebrated 4 years of wedded bliss and while not ALL of it was blissful, I wouldn't trade a single moment. As our journey unfolds and I look back at where we came from...I see it...God's hand. It's so hard to see in the fog of our circumstances, but He is there. He is orchestrating the symphony of our life. I heard this at our ladies conference a while back, "even if He didn't send the difficulty, He has allowed it. Everything that occurs in your life has to pass through His fingers before it gets to you. He has allowed it for a reason." My favorite scripture is Jeremiah 29:11 because it reminds me that God is for me. Everything He allows in my life is to promote me or to protect me. I try to see that silver lining and be thankful in everything. I fail...A LOT!! And yet, He still loves me and grants me grace and favor that is sooooo undeserved! I'm not special in any way and I hope that when people meet me and get to know me, they just see an ordinary girl, but feel the extraordinary love of my Jesus. I do feel loved. I hope to make others feel as loved as I do. To make my husband feel as loved as he makes me feel. To make my friends and family feel as loved as I do from them. And most importantly to make my Savior who died on a cross because of His love for me to feel as loved as I do. I could never love Him as much as He loves me, but I can passionately and diligently pursue Him with all my heart and know that while I will never measure up, He loves me and accepts me for me...just me.

I don't know if I'm really a blogger, but I love to share what God reveals to me. To see the extraordinary in the ordinary. So...we'll see where this goes.