embark

turning the pages of life seem to bring out anxiety, excitement, and a bit of adventuresome-ness... at least for me [especially here in the recent days]

it seems as if my bucket-list grows 3-5 tasks each week, and im fairly enthused that i will be able to cross off some major ones in the next few weeks/months [wedding, israel, moving...].

with all the 'new and exciting' changes taking place so suddenly for cody and i, it's a concious effort to remind ourselves that this life, though abundant at times with joy and blessings, is but a mere vapor.. fleeting as we know it. it's all too easy to get caught up in the loud noises, flashing lights, and big stages of this life and to forget our purpose.

if there's one thing that is an absolute turn off... it's contentment... even wo

rse, stagnation. when our lives become consumed with the flames of tedious 9-5's, social networking, coffee shop dates with acquaintances and reality television, we not only forget our purpose, but we tend to push it so far away that even if we try to seek it at a later time, it is so skewed from all the distraction that it is almost [if not completely] unrecognizable... and, in turn... seemingly unattainable.

we have all been made aware of how disappointing this life can be. how lonely, how cruel and how selfish. though the last 10 months have been a whirlwind of wedding propoganda and planning, there's something special about self-discipline and motivation to keep my relationship with God my number 1 priority. God called me His Bride before Cody ever thought to ask!

 i must remain faithful to the One who has always been and will always be faithful to me. I must let all know -  that above all else - ... is God.

if cody and i were to embrace this path that God has set before us with the intent of feeling warm and fuzzy on the inside, then we have got our priorities twisted, and it's my prayer that if this ever be the case, that God smack us into shape - however and with whatever He deems fit in order to ultimately and undeniably bring glory to Him.

now, you don't have to be 5 days out from a wedding, 2 weeks out from going to Jerusalem, or 3 months out from moving 4 states away in order to be renewed by the knowledge that each day is not only given to you with new mercies, but with new adventures, new trials, new joys and new oppurtunites, that may, infact, be God's call for you.... to EMBARK.