Marriage Can be Hard.

Marriage can be Hard. 

I once had someone tell me that she and her husband never fight. I find that extremely hard to believe so when I found the following picture I laughed so hard:

Photo credit: http://myfriendsaremarried.tumblr.com/post/31991561178/when-my-friend-swears-she-never-fights-with-her-husband

Honestly I think a lot of the time people do not see their own faults or choose to ignore these faults. I got married at 21 and this May Hans and I will be celebrating our two year wedding anniversary. I get that we're not perfect. We fight but who doesn't? But we're also best friends. I am so grateful that I have Hans. I love our adventures together and I think he's worth fighting for and worth fighting with. Hans is my best friend and I am so excited for all our adventures ahead. Even though I've been married I still found a lot of really funny things on this blog called myfriendsaremarried. I know that since I'm married there are some things that I should not like about the site but honestly I think it's hilarious. Hans and I found ourselves laughing about many of the silly picture and statement combinations. I feel like being married does not exclude you from some of the comments she has gotten as a single person. SO to those friends of mine who are single and to those who have a great sense of humor and can appreciate a good laugh (even when it's possibly poking fun at a situation they might be in) check out http://myfriendsaremarried.tumblr.com :)

Birth of a Blog

I am not really sure what inspired me to start this blog but for some reason I was feeling the need to start one for a while but now that I have started this what will I do with it. I hope this is a place where I can put my thoughts in writing, pictures and maybe even show some art work... I guess that is yet to be determined.  To start, Thanksgiving was such a blessing this year. I am so grateful to God for the time I had with family and my fiance.
I went to ctk with my Aunt, Uncle and Cousin. I was blessed to hear a sermon on thankfulness and was genuinely challenged by a prayer that the pastor shared. The prayer came from a little girl in Africa and has not left my mind this prayer was the following and I hope it challenges you as much as it has me.

"I appreciate you God for this food which is a gift. I asked you for my daily bread and YOU have come through for me again. This food you could have given it to anyone but you gave it to me. I will not waist it,  I will enjoy it, I will not complain about it, I will receive it. I am your child, You are my Father, Asante sana, Thank you very very much and I love you. Amen."

This completely touched my heart, I am overwhelmed my the materialistic-ness in my life, the lack of gratitude, the blindness I have had to my own apathetic heart. I want to pray to God like that... I want to pray in a way that shows God SO much gratitude. I have been thinking about what I need to change in my life and how I need to be more actively in pursuit of God... As I was thinking about all this I heard the song 'Call Unto Me' by Phil Joel. I was reminded that God is so awesome and as the little girl said, God comes through! He has come through for me AGAIN!!! My brain cannot even wrap itself around the fact that God has blessed me more than I can comprehend.  I have so much to thank Him for. Lord, Thank you for how you bless me so much. Please help me to love you better.