JUNE 11...a day which will live in "spectacularity"

I'm heading back to Fort Myers on Tuesday and getting married in 9 days!!! It's hard to believe it's almost here; I have been counting down to this day for 350 some odd days and counting down to marrying Katie for....7 years or so. God is good, and I cannot wait to be forever joined with the love of my life, with my partner; I feel so incredibly blessed. If I were to attempt to explain how excited I indeed am... well I'm not quite sure how to convey that... but for me I'd say it's like taking the excitement level on Christmas Eve when your 10 years old, and multiplying it by a thousand.... and even then I cannot do my excitement justice. This whole next week is going to be incredible, spending time with my dear family and friends, spending some quality time with the boys and of course being with Katie.. and knowing that is is not for a three day visit!!!! And (a quick sidenote), my beloved Heatles are in the Finals...which doesn't hurt the excitement level....Katie is praying for a four or five game series so the finals aren't on when were in Mexico... I have to admit, although I want the Heat to wrap it up quickly..it would be pretty spectacular to watch the finals on my honeymoon....haha...anyways.. We serve a great God, who's timing is always perfect, who's paths are always straight; and this next week, next Saturday has been worth all the wait up to this point and will be worth the wait of these next few days. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that the Lord knows the plans that He has for us, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." I am thankful for my future, the known and the unknown!! All I know for sure, is that I get to marry Katie White next weekend...and that my friends is spectacular!!

Let'sss GOOO

Well, Katie has graduated, I am moving to our new place, the place that Katie and I will be starting our lives together in... CRAZY... and I'm getting married in 24 days, I'll be back in the FM 3 weeks from right now getting pumped for the wedding! It's been a blessed, challenging time for me, well a wild year for me, a time of growth, personally, spiritually, musically,a year that I would not trade way, BUT I am even more excited for the year coming up! As my one year any @ FBCO approaches and of course the wedding, I find myself thankful for the past and very excited/ ready for the future. I am more excited for June 11th than I have been for anything else in my life, I can't believe it's finally coming, thank the Lord. As I embark on my last few weeks of bachelorhood, I grow more excited about the coming months and years.... and am trying to figure out how I am going to DVR all of my shows and Katie's... HAHA...anyways, God is good, trust Him in all things... and your paths will indeed be straight!

I'm thankful for some warmer weather coming...

March is almost upon us... which means my 23rd bday is coming up, and it will soon be less than three months until I get to marry Katie! I have never been this excited about anything in my life, and have never looked forward to anything as much as I am looking forward to June 11th. In the mean time, I have been asking God to help me live in the moment and make the most of the next three months. I obviously want it to fly by, but I don't want to miss out on any experience God might have for me, and I want to give all I've got to the Lord and specifically to the worship ministry @ fbco. I am so blessed to have this job and get to do what I love to do for my job... and yet its' so easy to take it for granted.. I am blessed to be in this position, and am here by God's grace and provision alone. Don't miss out on the simple blessings in life, God truly does work in mysterious ways! In other news, my bro Rob and and his wife, Taryn are expecting, I am so happy for them, and pumped to be a an uncle, and quite honestly, am just pumped to see Rob as a dad...priceless. I am so thankful for my brother and my family, for my beautiful fiancee, soon to be wife, and for the church God has called me too. I am thankful for new friendships, as well as for my longtime friends that I get the chance to keep up with. Spring is coming, a time of new things, fresh starts and new beginnings. Remember to be thankful for the things in life, for the good things, for the hardships (not quite as easy).. God's got it all under control, we just have to learn to trust in Him, TRUST in Him fully and completely. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Phil 4:13). We have to believe that, I have to believe that. You can get through whatever it is your going through right now. His love is wider, deeper, and rings truer than your hardships, no mater how serious that maybe!
Until next time my friends...