I can't believe we are one month away!

Today marks the one month away point for our wedding! I just can't believe we are almost there! Scott is beginning to get more and more nervous. I think it is finally starting to set in. I have finished my vows FINALLY! I started writing them last summer, and have now just become content with the way they sound. It is so easy to write to the one you love but it is so hard to keep them short. I started with about 5 pages and now I am down to a page and a half. haha Scott on the other hand is the last minute kind of person. I know he has started but who knows when he will finish. I also got Scott's wedding present. We decided to get each other gifts from the heart. I can't tell you what his is but lets just say I think it will make him emotional! I am so proud of it because Scott says I am more analytical than creative. Well, do I have news for him! I pulled out my creative side.

My wedding planner finished our menus! She is so talented in so many ways. I just tell her what I like and she makes it happen. It is almost as though she reads my mind! Tomorrow night Scott and I start dance lessons again! We wanted to do them closer to the wedding so Scott would remember the moves! We are so excited, so hopefully we will have a surprise for you all for our first dance. On Saturday night, our friends Craig and Kristen are coming over for dinner and maybe some Taboo! Craig is singing our first song with his guitar! On Saturday he is going to sing for us and we will attempt to dance to make sure we have some kind of rhythm!

As this week comes to a close, I wanted to leave you with a great devotional my sweet friend Laura sent to me this morning. She is actually my prayer partner and she has become an ultimate blessing on my life. Two years ago when I was moving up here I needed a place to live. Well, pretty much out of nowhere Laura and I ended up facebooking eachother because she went to school at Mercer's pharmacy school too. She had an extra room and wanted to know if I would live with her. I was a little hesitant at first but God kept on pushing me. We have become so close and I have gotten to watch her grow in her spiritual journey as she has also watched me grow in mine. I am a strong believer that God gives you all of these friendships. He has provided some wonderful girls to me over these past two years out of nowhere! Even just the other day I met a girl named Lauren who is getting married June 12th through my trainer. We ended up being alot alike so we decided to run after bootcamp on Wednesday. We ran for 45 minutes and in those minutes we both shared our testimonies! It was like out of nowhere but it was so wonderful! I found myself praying for her when I got home and I had just really met her. It was like we had known each other forever! God is awesome! Okay sorry now the devotional!

If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done. Matthew 6:14-15 (TEV)

In your life, you will be hurt by others; sometimes intentionally; sometimes unintentionally. How you handle that hurt determines your happiness.
When you bottle up hurt in your life and hold onto it - that is called resentment. If somebody hurt you years ago and you're still holding onto it, it will poison your life. For your own health and happiness, you must learn to forgive.
The Bible says forgive and be forgiven. In fact, Jesus says "if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done." (Matthew 6:15, TEV) They're inter-related.
It reminds me of the story - when someone told John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, "I just can't forgive that person! They hurt me too badly." Wesley's response was, "Then I hope you never sin."
For your own sake, let go of the past. If somebody hurt you, let go of it, release them. That's one of the values of prayer. It helps you unload. Forgiveness is the only way to get rid of the past. Forgive them and let it go. Get on with life. Forgiveness erases the videotape of that hurt memory that keeps playing over and over in your mind.
In my own marriage, the times I've felt closest to Kay, the times of most intimacy and oneness, have been times after a major blow-up. We've worked the thing through; we've both confessed to each other and asked forgiveness; and then we pray together. The oneness that comes out of that kind of experience just can't be explained.
When we let go of our hurts and forgive others we are reflecting the grace of our heavenly Father, who forgave us and continues to forgive us. It means we've given God our love; we've given God our lives; and, in doing that, we worship God.