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And who doesn't laugh at this man?

Meet my second furbaby, Beary!

This evening, as I drove the good forty minutes home from my internship, I had a lot of time to think and reminisce. Tonight was a little different from most nights when I have a good amount of time to just think. Tonight, I was able to see just how beautifully my life has been crafted for God. That isn't to say I feel I have the perfect life or that I truly strive to honor God every second of each day. In fact, I am learning quite the contrary, that there never will be a point in life where I feel "I have arrived"! Life is full of obstacles that God intends to make us not stronger, but totally and completely reliant on Him alone. He's been talking to me a lot about this lately. I am realizing that so much of my life I have rushed to get to somewhere I don't need to be. I mean my goodness, had it been an option, I probably would have married Andrew the day we started dating (at the wise age of 16!). I have always been impatient and ready to move on to something new but that just isn't how God designed our lives to be. He directs our paths, however short or long we may traverse them. It's really funny to look back and see how God uses our patience and impatience to teach us a thing or two. I can think of plenty of times when my impatience has gotten me into trouble but I can also think of some rare times when I truly waited on God's timing and was blessed far beyond what my patience alone earned me. And tonight as I drove I was able to think of how Andrew has been blessed with the gifts of discernment and patience. He is absolutely outstanding at thinking long-term and explaining to me (a short-term thinker) the benefits we will earn for waiting on some things. I am not saying that God always calls us to wait until He writes on the walls or lights fires under our booties... There is a season for everything, and I believe most of us have more trouble playing the waiting game than we do kicking it in high gear and doing what we want. As I drove this evening, I felt very graciously content. I am excited that I will be finishing my degree in less than three months. I'm more than elated to be married to a Godly man who makes me laugh until I can feel it in my abs AND obliques. I am joyful to be in the process of buying a house.I am thankful I live by the beach that reminds me just how small I am and how vastly great God is. I am grateful I have two cutie patootie furbabies who spice life up for us quite a bit. I am hopeful for the future of our household. I am content knowing my future is in nobody's hands but God's.