A New Chapter in Life

Life is such an amazing journey. God takes us through so many various landscapes each and every day, and I am continually in awe of His grace and love. We experience the height of mountains, the depth of valleys, the peace of a beautiful sunset, the lonliness of deserts, the awesome love of each sunrise, and the comfort of country cornfields. The Lord has so much in store for His children each and every day, and we need to embrace that concept, learn how to personally experience Him, and share that experience with others. At the moment, I feel as though I am on a mountain watching a gorgeous sunset, with cornfields in the distance. :) Because I surrendered to Him, gave up my will for His perfect will, and trusted that He will guide and direct me, I have had the joy to begin a courtship with a wonderful, Godly man named Luke Blakeslee. The Lord has blessed me in unimaginable ways through Luke and it is my prayer that as we spend more time together, the Lord will be glorified through us and that we may be a good testimony for Him.
The past couple weeks have been an emotional rollercoaster for me; my sister's beautiful wedding, her new life with Andrew, her physical absence in my everyday life, my new relationship with Luke, and now his physical absence in my everyday life due to college.
Whew, what a ride!!
But in thinking about all that has transpired over the past couple weeks, I am reminded of several verses. One being James 1:5 "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." I truly needed wisdom over the past five or six months at least, and it's been my constant prayer for wisdom and guidance. My faithful Lord provided that wisdom, and all I needed to do was have faith that He will lead me in the way I should go. The Lord has also taught further lessons on patience the past several months. We always want the desires of our hearts to be fulfilled instantly and we sacrifice so much joy and happiness when we set God's control aside and try to manage on our own. We need to recognize that God has great and wonderful plans for our lives if we just trust in Him. And I am eager to see what God has in store for my future. I will commit to focusing on becoming a woman worthy of a relationship with a man such as Luke.