Changing up the blog....

Well married life is great. Can't complain one bit. My husband is wonderful. So other than constant ramblings about that...I realized I don't have much to say about being a new wife. I thought in the beginning I would talk about all the things I wish I had known prior to marriage...but then I thought...WHY SPOIL THE FUN FOR THOSE NOT MARRIED YET! :) So I'm changing up the content of this blog...While my blog is still going to be the new wife adventure, it will focus less on marriage and more on ideas, topics, issues, and spiritual matters that I have dealt with, thought about, or learned along the way. These blogs will show my true passions. Hopefully you will see more of the real me(thanks Michelle!). My first idea I'm going to explore on here is a rather small one, but I figured I should start small and slowly introduce you to my passions. :) (You'll thank me later !!) So the thought is....If your desire for meaning in life and completion is placed in anything other than your relationship with God, you will be miserable. The only source of perfection is God and everything else is imperfect. How can an imperfect being or object fulfil you? Just by nature it can't. It will let you down everytime. You will feel more lonely, more purposeless, and more incomplete. For example, if your meaning for life is found in marriage, or if you think you are made complete by your spouse, your level of insecurity grows, your level of fear grows, and your standards start dropping because they are rarely met. That's because your spouse is imperfect and they WILL let you down at some point. It is at this point, when your meaning and completion are found in your marriage, that you begin to fall apart. So over the years, even in dating relationships, I have learned that if I become consumed with someone else or something else in hopes that it will make me whole or satisfy that desire deep within for meaning in life, I will be let down everytime. But the moment I put my satisfaction and hope in my relationship with God, then everything else in life is just bonus, even my husband. What relief for him. He doesn't have to meet my every need- especially those that he couldn't meet even if he tried. My needs are meet in God and that takes a lot of presure of of everyone else, myself, and especially Andrew. My challenge to you is seek God for satisfaction and meaning so everything else can be an incredible bonus to your life. I promise it will be well worth it!