My heart burns for you

Please allow me to start off by saying- being married is so fun!

Some recently discovered fun stuff about being married:

*Living together is way better than living alone.

*Eating breakfast and having coffee in the morning is the best!

*Camping and sleeping in the same tent is so much fun!

That said- Justin and I still have a lot of work to do!

What I mean is- God is calling us nearer to Him and we must respond, we just don't know exactly what that means yet! We are praying for opportunities and for God to open doors. We have an excitement in our hearts that continues to fuel us towards our destiny together.

In this new season God is calling me to come deeper with him and get to know him more. I have been trying to get into the habit of praying when I wake up. I want prayer to be more apart of my daily routine. I prayed on the way to work today. My heart right now is simply this: I want to be used by God, I want to make a difference every day and not shy away from opportunities and always feeling like, "I am not ready yet."

I want to write more. I want to make an impact with my writing. I want to encourage people to live with the freedom I have experienced with my Father God.

I want to use my voice that God has given me to sing and worship. I have a passion inside of me that has been bottled up for too long. What am I scared of?

I am on a mission: to embrace life to its fullest instead of always thinking of what might happen. Justin is "Mr. Go with the flow", so what does that make me? "Mrs. I worry about everything", I guess! Always thinking of what might happen. But I even worry about the smallest things sometimes. The most common conversation Justin and I have is me worrying about something and him telling me it's all going to be ok. When Justin and I first met, I was much worse. I was a wound up ball of worry! Justin has taught me to trust God so much more than I ever did, (when I thought I was!) and to even trust Him in the little things. Justin has this gift of faith in God that seems never ending. Nothing seems to sway it. I admire that about him and he has taught me so much through that gift.

Something is around the corner and I want to be ready and willing to take it on...

I can't help but think: "Ok God I am married now, what's next?"

"Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will will find, knock and the door will be opened to you."

Matthew 7:7

~M

Prone to Speak

I'm so proud of my wife! :)

Her willingness to listen for God's voice and allow Him to guide her through an important moment is incredible. It really touches me whenever she discloses stories of her day regarding glory moments, or God moving in and around what she did.

Today she had an astounding and very crucial conversation with one of her good friends that brought them both to tears in experiencing some of the insanely amazing attributes of the Lord-- Melissa feeling His power and wisdom and knowledge flowing through her; His gentleness and desire for growth; His awesome capacity to encourage in the midst of an exhortation; and His extreme love that doesn't allow a daughter to get too deep into something messy or isolated. And the friend knowing His phenomenal strength given while she's under the weights of buried stresses and lies; His kindness and meekness despite reacting by running; and the glorious truth of being an heir to the Throne, having access to riches and splendor that nothing on earth can touch.

Melissa really helped in the imperative process of the friend renewing her mind to the Truths of God, getting her thinking on things above, and refuting the lies that were starting to settle. I am so, so thankful that the Father ("Papa") allowed Melissa to speak and gave her what to say, that the Spirit moved in power in that conversation, and that Jesus was lifted up by the declarations made by the two women in witnessing to the passionate love He has for us to experience and exude. I wasn't even there, but God definitely spoke to me that it was an exceedingly beautiful moment between Him and two of His children.

I am so stinkin blessed to have been united with such an angel of a woman, a truly courageous, sincere, extraordinary wonderful daughter of the King. Thank you Jesus! :)

Take care, yall.

~J

The time to wait is over...

*Click*

Did you hear that?

Better question: Did you feel that?

What does it sound like when you sing heaven's song?

What does it feel like when heaven comes down?

What does it look like when God is all around?

Let it come...

(Brian and Jenn Johnson worship song)

Because its Time!

*Click*

Did you hear that?

It's all around now.

Did you feel that supernatural shift in this season?

God is bringing people together in this time for a special plan and purpose. We all don't know why exactly..or how it's going to come about..But all we know is that we are yearning for something more..a different kind of life..a different kind of perspective; a shift in understanding.

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There is so much to be thankful for! Justin and I are so blessed!! We are blessed to have each other, and to have so many lovely people surrounding us. J and I have an awesome support group of people! More than we could have ever asked for. God is calling us to so much more than what we can even comprehend right now. It's this amazing unveiling of people, ministry and gifts. We are SO EXCITED to see what God is doing in us and what He has planned for us!

God is merging us with other married couples that are on the same 'spiritual page' and we are meeting, having dinner, and praying about what God wants us to do about it!!

But it's also so much more than that!

When J and I got married God, somehow, connected us even more than ever before. We already thought we were close before, but then we got closer. Such a cool, cool thing. I personally could actually feel God entwining our hearts together. It started the day we got married actually and it's this continual understanding and longing that happens every day for me. I always want my husband with me. I always want to talk to him, text him, look at him (I am convinced he gets better looking every day:)), and I want him to be sitting by me, even if we are not talking. When he leaves for work I get sad but then I remind myself of how I will be able to reunite with him later when he comes home. I long for intimacy with my husband- that's the way God intended it to be.

I firmly believe that God uses being married as an example of how He feels about us. (This is true in my case.)

God spoke to me about Justin long before we were married and said, "Remember when I told you that your future Husband would love you like Christ loves the church? That's how Justin loves you- Unconditionally and without obligation or regret."

This is the way God intends marriage to be like: an experience of HIM and how HE feels about you as the bride of Christ!

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What an amazing journey this has been so far and it has only been 3 weeks today!! :)

If I knew being married would be this much fun I would have gotten married a long time ago!

Living together is awesome. Merging your stuff into a small space is not so awesome, but doable! Waking up together, having coffee on the porch and reading together are just some of the many things that are so fun about always being together.

We are Best Friends. Lovers. Husband and Wife... and we are on an incredible journey together.

~M

OUR FIRST...

Welcome, everybody! Thank you so much for swingin by to read some of our stuff. We're really excited to be starting a blog together as husband and wife!! We're absolutely thrilled to share our hearts and what God's doing in our lives with you, and we earnestly hope and pray that the power of our Lord Jesus Christ flow through the screen to your precious hearts, to edify, encourage, excite, challenge, and inspire. Take care, everybody, and be on the lookout weekly for new entries. God bless yall! :)

J & M