o, christmas tree! and todd g. wisdom.

the day after thanksgiving we got our christmas tree.

it was so hard to find one everyone liked and it wasn't perfect.

but we found one!  actually two.

one for the living room and one for the dining room.

{ta da!}

{my mom wanted a really tall one.  can you tell?!}

then, last night we had michael and dangle over for the night.

we picked them up from the airport and i got new running shoes before that!

they had never decorated a tree before so they helped.

we also got to skype michael's parents and watches 'holiday inn' like we do every year.

it was a great way to end break, and i can't believe i'm back already.

seeing everyone at church today was amazing and i was again reminded why i love my church.

i got to talking to todd g. and we had a great convo.

somehow it went to marriage and how i was worried i wouldn't be married.

he was so encouraging and told me he knows i will be.

fed me lots of compliments, and told me not to worry about it.

then we talked about how it can often become and idol in younger christian women and how we don't want to do that.  also, i mentioned that because i don't want it to be an idol, i do the extreme and miss out on opportunities.

he told me that the worst thing i can do in the situation is make dating an idol....and the second is to not let anyone it.  boo-yah.  told me how it is. and was so so right.

and we talked about how to not do that--be on your knees EVERY day to the Lord about it.

he also told me how it was like abraham and isaac.  abraham waited years and years (over 90!) for his son.  and he kept getting impatient and God kept saying, 'in my time you'll get it.  trust me'.  then, when he had his son, he was told to sacrifice him.  how tough that would have been to give up something you've always wanted.  

BUT the Lord was teaching him that it's not about a SON or anything....it's about the Lord and that being enough.  

and i need to make sure that the Lord is enough...boyfriend/husband or not.

see?  i miss them and all their wisdom. 

{our pretty decorated tree}

so not ready for these next 2 weeks.

it's going to be awful!

praying i make it through.