Houskeeping.

I will attempt to update you on my life using the most minimal word usage possible starting...now.

We both got jobs within one week of moving home.

God is good.

I have been training in Indy with PNC Bank since Monday.

I'm pumped.

Michael starts training with CSI tomorrow.

We are jumping in with the Youth Group.

And we love it. 

We are living with my grandparents until the farm house is available.

They are the sweetest people ever.

Grama makes me breakfast before work every morning...I still love you mom! 

We miss our CO family...Aunt Laura, I will call soon PROMISE. 

Kenyon's, Aaron, and Amberlie, you're on the top of the list too.

We are busy.

So busy.

As in, I go to bed at 8:30 because I'm so tired at the end of the day.

I miss my camera.

I need to post pictures...there are many.

Oh, and I've been helping coach high school girls basketball.

I've found my calling.

I love basketball.

So much.

Life is good.
We are happy.
God is good.
All the time.

I realize that starting a new paragraph after every sentence doesn't really make this post minimalistic, but just pretend with me. Thanks.

Beauty and the Sun

Early Monday morning I drove down the interstate in darkness for what seemed an eternity to my heavy eyes. I’m not a morning person, I’m not a hair and make-up and heels person, and I most certainly am not a drive in the dark and cold in traffic person. On my way out the door I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and cringed. I was a mess - tired eyes, tangly hair, and uncooperative skin included. I was grumpy to say the least.

As I drove, I thought about how gross I felt and how annoying it was that I had to drive to Indy every day for training, etc etc. While I complained (to myself) about my skin and other equally important issues, the sun began to rise across the horizon in front of me. I put my thoughts on pause as I watched the sun break through the darkness and remembered a verse that had been nearly forgotten. It was almost as if I could hear someone whispering to me Psalm 45:11 “the King is enthralled by your beauty.”

I laughed to myself and shook my head in disbelief that the God who paints the sky each morning is enthralled by my beauty, even at my worst, on mornings when I feel ugly and have a nasty attitude. Just as I am taken back by the beauty of the sun rising, so God is captivated by the beauty of His people. Just typing it sounds absurd, but then again everything about God's love for us is absurd.

"Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”1 Samuel 16:7