Just over a week ago, I was on the beach, with a wonderful group of ladies from our church, wrapping up an incredible weekend in Long Beach for the Propel women's conference. As we sat under the warm sun, sand in between our toes, and the ocean breeze blowing through our hair, we began discussing what name(s) other's have labeled us with that we've unintentionally bought into then began comparing them to the name(s) the Lord calls us that - we need to begin walking in and owning for ourselves. I can't exactly pinpoint what moment it began, but over that weekend I realized at some point this summer, I had bought into an opposing narrative about my worth. Sure, I knew God will always lavish His time, resources, and love on me, but I didn't feel worthy of receiving that from people (even though most of the time that's the exact vessel God uses to love on me). I bought into the lies that I'm not good enough, smart enough, disciplined enough, old enough, educated...
{ 5 YEARS } 60 months, 260 weeks, 1,827 days, 43,848 hours, 2,630,880 minutes...you get the gist! There are days it feels like just yesterday the doors to the cathedral opened & I saw you waiting at the alter for me...Then there are days like today, when I calculate those numbers & see the mileage our marriage has on it...It feels as though we've been married a lifetime already. How does one truly articulate what that many days, months & years has meant, in a single post? I don't know that you can...but you know me, I have to try. Looking back on these last 5 years, we've experienced a lot together! And I can't help but see the Lords faithful hand in all of it (whether we saw/felt it at in moment...looking back, it's so evident)! We've lived in 2 states, 5 cities/towns/villages, 2 apartments, 2 homes, lived with the your parents for a spell, they've lived with us (twice, ha!), my sister's lived with us, we've wor...