Friday, July 23, 2010

Taking Life In

Yesterday Amy and I had the privilege of celebrating our little girl Ashby's 1 1/2 year birthday. It seems like yesterday that I was walking her through the doors of Woman's Hospital in Jackson, MS to show the rest of our family. I can remember standing as proud that day as I ever have in my entire life. It is hard to believe that she is that old, or for that matter than I will welcome her little brother into this world in a mere 3 months. Also, last Friday Amy and I celebrated 5 years of marriage together. It was a small evening where I cooked some steaks and we simply sat at the kitchen table discussing how it just didn't seem real. Looking at our lives 7 years ago (when we started dating) we have never guessed the direction that God was leading us. I was trying to plow my way through college and Amy was on the fast-track to vet school. I ended up graduating with honors and Amy never took one class in vet school, but we ended up in Jackson just trying to make ends meet. I have to stop at moments like this and realize just how little control I have in this world. Our God, the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, is truly an amazing God. He has known since before creation exactly what lay in store for my life. No matter how many times I have felt that I was all alone, God has been right there beside me. I would would like to encourage every who is reading this post to stop right now and pray to God! Thank HIM for what He has done in your life, thank HIM for what He is doing in your life, and for what He will do in you life in the years to come! What a joy it is that He has set aside a day each week that we may come to Him in all of our shame and worship Him. And even greater than that, that when we come to Him, that we are clothed in the righteousness of His Son, something that we could never hope to attain on our own.