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on August 12, 2013 · 1 Comment

Hello World

It’s so good to be back. Life has been busy over in my
corner of the world, with the birth of our first baby and our big moving adventure life has been moving full speed ahead. Can I just say that I am
loving every minute of this crazy beautiful life?

God is so good. The “job” my husband and I could only ever
dream about is unfolding before our eyes. We are spending so much time dreaming
and envisioning what God would have us do in this children’s ministry and in
the lives of the kids that we will come in contact with. In children’s ministry
you only have roughly two hours on a Wednesday night and two hours on a Sunday
morning to impact their lives for the Kingdom. Some of those kids will go home
to a good, loving, Christian home, but many of them only attend church to
fulfill a “religious requirement” and will spend their week at a home where God
is far from there. We have to make the most of the time that we are given with
those children. Not only that, but we are dreaming about our leaders and
partners in children’s ministry. Those amazing people that have hearts to serve
along side of you and impact the children’s lives, we want to use them to their
greatest potential, give them opportunities to impact the lives of children. I
am so excited for the dreams and vision God is placing in our hearts. I cannot
wait to see what God has in store.

I am in love with being a mom. It’s not always easy, some
days feel extremely long. Some days I am counting down the hours to his last
feeding of the night so I can feel like I have a break and my life isn’t
revolving around feeding a baby. Some days I feel like all I did all day was
change diapers and feed a baby. But every day I am in constant awe of this
little blessing that God has placed in my life. Every time this little bundle
of joy looks up at me and smiles my heart just melts. I am learning so much
through this journey of motherhood. I love being a parent with my husband. It’s
an entirely new season, with entirely new adventures of our own, I love every
moment!

I love being a wife. I love standing beside my husband in
pursuing all that God is calling him to be. I love dreaming with him, I love
serving God with him, I love parenting with him, I love living life with him, I
love serving him, I love taking care of him, and I just love him. Every day I
remember how blessed I am to have such a man of God at my side. Through all the
ups and downs, through every season of life, I couldn’t have asked for a better
man.

I love being a daughter of the most High God. My life is
overflowing with blessings that I am so undeserving of, but God loves me and He
chooses to bless me. I am so excited for the ways this season and new adventure
in life is taking me deeper with Him. I love how different stages of life help
us to understand the character of our God and who He desires to be in our
lives.

My life is so full, my heart is so overjoyed. What are you
thanking God for in your life today?
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  1. Kate @ Another Clean Slate says

    August 12, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    So glad you have so many good things happening! Congratulations on all your milestones 🙂

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