Walking In The Light

SOOO, I really SHOULD be studying at this moment, but I am in a fabulous coffee shop, headphones in and so I felt inspired by the atmosphere to write something.  It's the Monday after Easter and I must say that this has been one of the most spiritually strengthening Lents in which I have participated.  Maybe it's being NeWlY MaRrIeD or just a season of great growth, but either way my life feels somewhat REFRESHED!

Facebook was my sacrifice for Lent, which was challenging but very rewarding.  It made me realize how good freedom from the things of this world can really be.  We often get so WraPPeD up in the pressures of this world and the comparison of our lives with others, or at least I do and when we step back from those things that only AMPLIFY these feelings we become worn and bogged down.  I resolve to not let Satan use something as trivial as facebook or other social media to control my JOY! For me it's not about the gift of time that fasting from facebook affords,  but the emotional freedom it gives!

And also for Lent our church challenged us to read through the Gospels, which I did and I LOVED!  How long it has been since I have felt so covered by the Spirit!  I also dedicated myself to reading the daily readings our church provides that go with the topic we are discussing on Sundays and it was amazing how near I felt to God just reading the Word.  It seems so cliche but it has been so long since I have been that consistent with  reading the most amazing story in history (and the present)! Genesis has really brought this WONDER up in my mind, more like a fictional drama filled book would do, but it's so much more AWESOME because it is true Biblical fact! It just so happened too that since I was reading Genesis and the Gospels at the same time that much of the old testament was mentioned in many of the new testament stories and this non-history-loving-girl became a BIBLICAL HISTORY NERD:) 

SO my husband and I have resolved to pray for one another in that we would continue our Lenten practices further into our daily lives.  I PRAY for continued FREEDOM from social captivity and DIVE into the freedom of God's grace and sufficiency.  ALSO, I found a couple's blog that has inspired my husband and I in our relationship!  We have resolved to put some of their practices into our own marriage, namely, playing the question game weekly so that we can be more LOVING and UNDERSTANDING to one another through prayer, attitude, intimacy and so on! It's only been one week but it is wonderful...I am spoiled with such a wonderfully Godly man! I pray all women find that!