And I Knew He Was The One...

This year my best friend, Jeremy, and I will celebrate 15 years of marriage. I cannot even believe I am saying that. In some ways it feels like we have been together forever (in a good way) and in some ways if feels like yesterday. In only two short years I will have been a wife the same number of years I was not a wife, which is a weird feeling. Yes, I know I just told you my age and yes, I know I just told you that I was married at only seventeen.


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We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.  2 Thessalonians 1:3

I came across the above verse today and it really went along with something that has been on my heart this week.  My church is a newer church having just planted last summer.  We have quite a few new attendees, we can them family, that are new believers.  I was thinking about them a lot this week.  It is so beautiful to watch them grow in their knowledge of God and in their faith.  Watching their faith and excitement in God helps to grow my faith and excitement.

New believers are like someone in a new dating relationship.  They are in love and excited.  Somewhere along the way, just like in dating, that passion subsides just a bit.  We still are in love with God but the fire dies out just a bit.  I don't want to be like that.  I want to be passionate, deeply in love and wildly on fire for my Savior at all times.  I want my faith and love in Christ to grow each and every day, not just in the beginning.

If you have been saved for a long period of time, has your excitement of Christ become stale?  Has your joy dwindled?  What are you doing different than you were doing in the beginning?  Often people diet and exercise and once they see results, they slow down or stop, then the weight comes back.  They have to find out what it is they did to lose the weight in the beginning.  We have to get back to the diet of a new believer.  The time spent in God's presence, the time sharing Him with others, the joy we found in reading His Word.

Where is your walk with Him today?  Are you on fire for Him or do you need to get back to the beginning?

Giveaway:

I stumbled upon Dayspring several years ago and fell in love with their products!  Greeting cards, jewelry, and so much more.  This week I received the Blessed and Loved Collection, a beautiful journal, calendar and coffee mug.  A gorgeous and inspiring collection.  Today I am excited to giving away a $20 gift certificate to one blessed reader (shipping charges will apply).  To win simply comment on today's post.  For additional entries share the giveaway on Facebook and/or tweet the giveaway then come back here and leave separate comments telling me you shared.  The winner will be announced tomorrow, so be sure to check back.


I also encourage you to check out their page by clicking the Dayspring picture here.  You will love their products!


I recieved the Blessed and Loved Collection free of charge from Dayspring and all opinions are my own.

Sweet Blessings~

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