My Running Mate

So Drew and I were talking yesterday about how God has been working in our lives in the last three years and how it feels like He has BIG plans for us, both together and separately. It started with our relationship and how we had such an amazing love for each other from day 1, something neither of us had experienced. Our relationship just fell into place and He put signs in our lives everywhere to show us that He created us for each other. Then He blessed us with our two babies back to back, right after we got married and we have both grown so much through those experiences. We were at our first church in GA for those births and really enjoyed the fellowship but complete change happened when we moved on to FBCP. We were dedicated although lagging, but once we were there we felt that God had us right where He wants us. We started becoming even more involved, branching out into teaching Sunday school, doing deacon's training together (even though it was just to learn about being the deacon that God would have Drew to be, since he's not quite in the place in his life where he would be completely qualified to be a deacon), my joining the choir, etc. We felt the tug to teach together and so we will be teaching the 4th and 5th graders this fall and hopefully will move up with them, teaching them as middle schoolers. He has moved us toward hopefully having this house that we have been praying for since we were pregnant with Sebastian that would not only be good for our family but would be a great way to minister to those middle schoolers (think pool parties centered on Christ that will engage the kids and help them have fun while also being able to teach them about Christ...make sense?). I am feeling moved to start using my voice to praise God with solos (wish me luck on my first one, hopefully soon!), and we feel as though we have been a good influence in the lives of others and would like to continue to do so, especially in regards to marriage.

One big thing that showed me that He has a plan for us, and more specifically me, was that last night one of my friends from church asked me to be her running mate. At first I wasn't sure what she meant but then she explained it to me and was like, "a running mate is like an accountability partner on steroids." I completely agreed because I'd been thinking about the same thing recently. Obviously my spouse is a running mate of sorts but it's not the same-we both need running mates other than each other. This friend is perfect. We are in different places in life but at the same time we are so much alike, especially in our walk with Christ, that we can definitely help each other grow as Christians and as people. I am looking forward to weekly Bible studies with her, ministering to others with her, etc. I am so glad that God has put her in my life!

I feel as though God is telling me to stop being slow in my walk with Him and to become completely for Him, to LIVE completely for Him. He is the way, the truth, and the life and I need to encompass that...I want others to see Christ in me and the only way I will ever do that is to let him take COMPLETE control, as hard as it is for a perfectionist like me, and to truly eat, sleep, and breathe the word. I am excited about His plans for me and Drew, both together as a married couple and separately. He has blessed us so very much and it's about time I stop giving Him most of me and I start to give him ALL of me!