{convicted}

I am up very early (for me) today to spend some time with my little one before starting my third day at my new job...it is going to become a work-from-home job, but this week I have to go in - and, man, have I been missing my favorite little dude! But this is just a side note...

Lately I have been feeling very convicted...and I am wondering how fast I can learn this lesson so God can stop trying to teach it to me. :-) My dear friend, Glenda, blogged a series on "30 things to do when you are in a rough patch" just as I got stuck in a rough patch. And then the sermon last Sunday was also about faith in difficult times. And, of course, little snippets of conversations here and there have also convicted me about my attitude...yeesh...guess it's time for a big attitude adjustment!

My husband just got his unofficial notice that we will be moving to the opposite end of the country with the Marine Corps in April. I have been expecting/dreading this news since we got married 3 1/2 years ago. And now we finally have a sort-of-for-sure timeline (nothing with the Marine Corps is for sure until it's actually happening). And I am petrified. And I need a big-time attitude adjustment. Worrying about the future now is just going to detract from the special time I have now with family and friends. Time to focus on the present!! That's hard for me, though. It's hard to get my brain to not think about a million and one things, and just think about what is going on in this moment.

Well, gang, time for me to start my day and learn this lesson already!!

{the promise}

Last night, my little family and I attended the wedding of a very dear childhood friend. It was truly one of the most beautiful weddings I have ever attended, and one of the most sincere and sweetest marriages to witness. My husband and I always seem to attend a wedding after we have had some petty disagreement or another, and I am always convicted of my selfishness at every wedding ceremony. The sweetness of last night has refreshed my spirit, and reminded me in a much-needed way of the sacredness of the covenant I have with my husband.

The first dance of this lovely couple as husband and wife was "Dancing in the Minefields" by Andrew Peterson...this was the first time I had heard of this artist (and this song!)...I just love it. Here's a snippet:

I was nineteen, you were twenty-one
The year we got engaged
Everyone said we were much too young
But we did it anyway...
We went sailing in the storm
And it was harder than we dreamed
But I believe that's what the promise is for
"I do" are the two most famous last words 

The beginning of the end

But to lose your life for another I've heard 

Is a good place to begin
'Cause the only way to find your life
Is to lay your own life down
And I believe it's an easy price 

For the life that we have found

'Cause we bear the light of the Son of Man

So there's nothing left to fear 

So I'll walk with you in the shadowlands 

'Til the shadows disappear 

'Cause He promised not to leave us

And His promises are true

So in the face of all this chaos, baby, 

I can dance with you

Dancing in the Minefields ~ Andrew Peterson