I certainly don’t want to come across as rude, but I need to vent for a minute. Why is it that the minute that someone gets married the relationship has to revolve around the need to procreate? Oh, sure, there is the 6 month to 2 year newlywed time span that people (in general) will accept the laughed off response of, “Oh, we are just enjoying being married, right now!” But I just celebrated being married to an AMAZING man for 4 years. People are getting less and less accepting of that response. NOT that it is any of their business. For the most part people are polite, but what bothers me are the ones who feel that it is their duty or their mission in life to tell me what I am “missing.” So far, my favorite “reason” for having kids is the tax return! Ha! Don’t people realize that having kids changes EVERYTHING??? And this isn’t a temporary change…Kids are FOREVER!!! They change the relationship, the finances, not to mention all of the crazy ways that having kids totally jacks up the mother’s body! It is not a decision to be taken lightly. And to those of you that know us well know that Peter and I don’t make HUGE decisions quickly. When the time is right for us, it will be in God’s timing, not ours, and He will give us the peace and the grace that we need.
New Creation December 6, 2007
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! I used to always think that this verse was only for unbelivers who gave their lives to God. It makes sense that way. Putting away the old worldly nature, and living in Christ. Most people who know me well, know that I recently got back from the AWESOME Catalyst retreat, Lost. God totally showed up! And even though I’ve grown up in the church, and on the surface I’ve been living my life as a Christian, God really showed me that I wasn’t living up to his standards in certain areas of my life. I wasn’t living as a new creation. Up at Estes Park at the retreat, I feel like God stripped me down, and showed me how “old” I had let myself become. Every quiet time that I’ve had since then I just feel like this verse has reverberated in my head and in my heart over and over. I am a new creation.
I’m a Bandwagonner! December 4, 2007
So, as has become my custom in the past 4 years of married life, I tend to try whatever Peter tries. Sometimes I do whatever Peter does (except pee standing up – I like my way better). So here I am on Word Press with my very own blog. There is no guarantee that anything interesting will ever come of it, but just know, if you are my friend then I will base my entire self-worth on the type and frequency of your comments.
