Wow

Emotional roller coaster haha. I spent this glorious Sunday in a glorious God given sunny day all day!!!! :) It was like Colorado!!! I loved it!!!! :) Church this morning was fantastic!!! We discussed what it meant and how to have a generous heart, also about smart finances, which is something that we are going to continue to discus for a little while. How we are called to God in so many ways, many of us forget about the financial side, that we are called to come to him in that as well to depend on him fully in our finances as well. Sure we all know that money can become dangerous to our faith and relationship with God because it can very quickly become an idol to us without even realizing it. It isn't all bad though. We aren't supposed to fear money at all, that's not what God instructed. We are called to have faith and trust solely on God and trust entirely that he will take care of us so dearly. Luke 12:13-34, that is what we looked at throughout the morning. It talks about how well God takes care of his creatures from the lilies in the field to the birds of the sky. The lilies do not work or do anything really, and yet God dresses them so beautifully, God dresses the GRASS of the fields more beautifully than any kind, are we not to believe that we are better than the flowers??? Look at the ravens of the air, they do not store up food or work for anything really, yet God ensures that they are fed, are we not more important than the ravens?? We are blessed by God to rule over these things, he holds us deeper than anything else on earth. Jesus says directly in Luke 12:29 "Do not worry about it." JESUS haha I find that hilarious! I picture just Jesus leaning against a wall just saying that so casually, almost in a Chicago accent haha, can you see it? God doesn't want us to worry about all of that, just to have faith and trust in our lord and savior, the one who saved us from the Egyptians, from the flood, who CREATED us, take a second to sit there and think.... How many times in your life has God literally saved your life??? Either physically or spiritually? I don't know about you but if I am honest with myself and with God, He has literally saved my life more times than I can count. He is continuously looking out for us and protecting us, even when we aren't paying attention or looking for him or simply don't even notice. If he saves our lives don't you think that he will simply provide what is necessary for our saved lives to live healthily? He doesn't promise that the road he has for us will be easy, however, God promises, which is truly the only promise that is 100% of the time 100% fulfilled, he promises that it is the single best road for us, it is always to do what is best for us, he is our Father! He always knows best always. God has allowed me to learn so much since I have been out here, to grow so deeply with him, and to see so many things that I don't think I ever could have seen without coming here.

The hockey game did not go so well tonight, however. We ended up losing 7-0...... we are going to be skating quite a bit tomorrow. Sweet huh? I get to sit there and get frustrated for how bad we are playing and then get to skate for it..... Dumb. Oh well, we are a team no matter what, that is what is supposed to happen, someone is always going to have to be watching, that is just how it works.

Emily and I are doing fantastic, missing each other every second of everyday but at the same time we carry each other's love with us every step we take. We have learned and are obviously continuously learning strength and patience and faith and trust and just so much and simply adding it on to our relationship to better it with everyday that we face and every obstacle the Lord brings before us to show us how to get around and to strengthen us each time. We have grown so much already and continue to grow more and more in love. It is incredible to truly feel that "I love you more than yesterday and yet less than tomorrow." I love you sweetie I cannot believe how amazing we are doing. :) I miss you!

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