So one of my oldest friends (our friendship not her age :) ) got married this weekend! It's such a blessing to see two people joined in the Lord! Stacy and I were not the kind of girls that always talked and dreamed of our wedding days. Stacy did not date indiscriminately so we always figured that one day she would just meet the right guy and that would be it....guess we were right ! :) We drove down to Dedham, IA for the event on Saturday. A small town Catholic church filled to the brim with people that love Stacy and Justin...... a legion hall decorated very prettily.....a great meal which included dorito taco salad, mmmm......old friends, good dance music.....happily ever after :)
Fun memories with Stacy: meeting at the freshman 24 hour retreat at Creighton, being the friend that "lived off campus", spending the night at Kiewit, McGloin, and then the apartment she shared with Jenny , that "one great summer" when we were practically inseparable.....spending 2 hours a day at the gym and the rest of the time outside work hanging out, our joint obsession for Harry Potter, angel food cake, & corn muffins, spending plenty of time with each others families inculding learning how to ski and many camping trips to Okoboji with the Irlbeck clan, travels to Iowa to hang out with her friends, rollerblading (once in February :) ), Stacy taking care of me and being someone to look up to when I did something stupid....again, staying friends even as we lived so far apart, living together for a summer while she did her internship at Mayo, being crazy excited that she was moving to Rochester, studying purpose driven life together, looking at and making offers on houses with her, being crazy excited that she was engaged!, being crazy excited for her wedding to start Saturday............
Love ya girl!!
Godstop:
We had an great sermon at church last night. It was titled "Gaining Traction" and from Joshua. This pastor actually taught my sunday school for a time at my last church and I always remember how real, humble, and passionate he was/is! Here are the main points I took away:
*Traction for transformation is not determined by our past failures, our present condition, or even our future outcome. (Joshua 1:2)
*Scripture memorization is key to traction in transformation (1:8). He used the parallel of an old couple that had been living together for many years and knew each other so well and could finish each others sentences.....how cool if we could be like that with God.
*Deep belief in God and bold actions (like Rahab, Joshua Ch 2).
*We're too often running ahead of God instead of behind. Follow HIM not visa versa. (3:3)
*Just as the Israelites kept stones from the river to remind themselves and teach their children of all that God had done..........keep track of how God has worked in your life (ex, prayer or blessings journal).
*'When I sin, YOU suffer.' (Ch 7)
I think there is a reason I've heard this sermon twice. If you think about it, pray for me that I might not let these lessons pass me by without faith action on them!!
Love you friends, have a great week!!!!!
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