Best laid plans

Yesterday was my birthday. The older I get, the more I realize how very little I know. I should know by now that plans are extremely subject to change and that instead of keeping a calendar, it's probably just best to buckle up and hang on. *Sometimes shutting up might not hurt either b/c I have rather large feet that are hard to get out of my mouth. ;)

I laugh to think of where I was just a year ago. I'll spare you the details but here's what the year included:

A trip with my Dad to London over Spring Break, Andrew proposing(!), finishing up teaching, Andrew completing his degree (WHOOP!), my quarter-century b'day, getting married, honeymooning in Cancun, Andrew job searching, getting pregnant, Andrew getting a job, our living out of our suitcases for a several months before moving to a town neither of us had ever been to before, being in a apartment before finding a house, moving into the house and finally getting all of our stuff out of storage (after 6 months!), finding a church and a doctor, getting settled...and in the early summer, having a baby!

I was talking to my Grandma on the phone yesterday about what a year it's been. She said she's convinced that only young people can handle so many changes, because it would send an older person over the edge. She laughed as I agreed but assured her that I'm pretty sure I saw the edge a few times. :-p

It almost feels cliche' to say that "the Lord is faithful", but after such a year, I feel and know this truth deeply. God has been so gracious to me and my husband in this last year and while I may not want to relive that seemingly extreme amount of change ever again, I will look back on it, knowing the Lord carried us through. He truly is faithful and I pray that we are more Christ-like people for having been given the grace to walk through such an eventful time in life.

Though grateful for what has transpired in such a short amount of time, my prayers have been something along these lines: "Lord, thank you for everything You've done in our lives this past year...could we please maintain where we are for a little while?