2.5 Years and a little Refinement

So today marks 2.5 years of marriage for us. Note the period. 2.5 not 25. Someday, I doubt I will still have this blog at that point, we will celebrate 25 and that will be epic. We aren’t celebrating half anniversaries but I more so just realized it and felt the need to share. (Sharing the fact as well as a couple of our stunning wedding photos because our friends are amazing photographers.) It has been an amazing 2.5 years. We have backpacked Europe, gone to the worlds youngest nation, and have been to over 20 countries together. It started off in little Antigonish, Nova Scotia and now we call Muizenberg, South Africa home. It has been wild at times and we have spent much of the last year living out of backpacks but we wouldn’t change it for anything. God has been so good and kind and generous to us and we are full of gratitude. 

To be honest the past month or two have been the hardest we have had marriage wise(still good though, don’t fret). So much conflict even over little things. But conflict brings growth and although the stretching has been painful we are already seeing the fruit if it and learning so much more about each other relationally and individually. It’s hard yet full of hope. Something God spoke to me last week during our Bethesda worship time was that even the refinement is an act of worship. Embracing refinement, embracing it with obedience is worship. It’s not easy to lay yourself down but it is the purest of worship. It’s the best. I was so encouraged when He said that. Sometimes you know things but you just need to hear if from God Himself. 

Happy Sunday. 

PS: This is our photographers website: http://jordanmattie.com 

If you are in the Canadian Maritimes check him out. So talented. So good!