dear friends,
oh how I've missed you! /... making time for blogging. I think I've been punishing myself by not allowing time to write until I could make time to get my blog looking how I wanted it to look. However, that is yet to happen and I'm giving in to writing a post because well, I want to. And in the words of my ever wise roommate and dear friend Erica Abel "do what you want when you want." ah, words to live by :)
well, the summer continues to roll right along. some days are faster than others. some days make me feel a little less worthless than others. but, there's been some good growing points for me along the way. for now i just want to share with you two things that have impacted my life and the lives of many of my friends over the past couple weeks. I have much more I want to blog about later so stay posted, but for now..
a week and a half ago on july 10th i was given the pleasurable experience of serving as a bridesmaid for my sister laura's wedding. i've always loved weddings.. i love the dresses and the decorations and the dancing and the sense of the divine in that place.. and i just love all of the LOVE! and while there's something that feels honoring about being invited in to share in two people's special ceremony at all, there's something all the more special about being able to stand alongside the bride. it's this feeling of deep worth knowing that you have played a significant part in this person's life.. that you have partnered in their journey and that on *the most important day of their life* they want you by their side to celebrate entering into this new chapter of life that their journey has brought them to. it's beautiful. the entire weekend was filled with fun, food, family, friends, and fellowship. (i'm all over this alliteration today!) i feel blessed to have been able to share in such a great celebration of love.
congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Langebartels
(picture at top) sister Danielle, cousin Trisha, our bride, cousin Amber, me :)
sometimes i find life to be very paradoxical. it's as if God sees it fitting to balance every season of great joy in our lives with a season of great sorrow. it's crazy how one weekend you can go from celebrating a couple's new life together to the next weekend grieving the loss of a young friend. I'm not sure how many, if any, of my high school friends or even acquaintances stumble across this blog, but for those that do... to anyone who knew jared, my prayers are with you. I personally never knew jared as a close friend, but i know several of my good friends that did have the honor of sharing in his 21 years of life here. Sometimes even when you don't have a close personal connection, it still hits so close to home that you're just left asking why. I can't imagine how many times every hour that God hears that question. Why? I had a short conversation with a friend today and we talked briefly about God's will and His sovereign power over our lives. In her words, "God's will may be difficult, or even impossible to understand, but it IS perfect." I pray for peace in your hearts and comfort in your daily lives as we struggle through seasons of not understanding and maybe even wrestling with or feeling bitter towards our Lord. As one of my life songs says...
god is too wise to be mistaken.
god is too good to be unkind.
so when you don't understand,
when you don't see his plan,
when you can't trace his hand,
trust his heart.
father,
through celebration, through sorrow... in every season of our lives, YOU ARE STILL GOD. thank you for being our rock and for your unfailing love. blessings and peace to my friends.
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