Its Sunday evening and I love Sunday nights at around 5pm eastern time when my husband gets home from work and we have the evening together. We've had dinner, took a walk, and now are just relaxing in our home watching TV and blogging. These are the married moments that I looked forward to for so very long and now they are here. I love it.
Today is Easter. I love Easter. I love all holidays-- Maybe its the family togetherness, the happy feelings that people have or maybe its people in a nice moods because its a holiday. I don't know. I like holidays because of their meanings, this being Easter, celebrating our risen Lord, for without Him we have no hope, but I also like holidays because it means being a family. But this is the first year I am without family. This year its just Matt and I. Well, just me, because Matt was at work all day.
It was still an amazing day. I wasn't alone on Easter like I thought I would be. My new and amazing friend,( whom the Lord has answered my prayers so faithfully -as He always does- giving me a great Godly wonderful friend named Thea here in Augusta); Invited me over to one of her friends house for Easter along with her and her husband. They go to the church that I have been attending here in Augusta, which I am growing to love as much as I do RBC. They have welcomed me in just like family, which has spoken volumes to me. I love the preaching there, and so many prayers have been answered. I am so grateful for the church here, and my new best friend, Thea. She is absolutely amazing, and I look forward to getting to know her so much better over the next 2 years or so.
Today I thank the Lord for His death and resurrection, for without it there is no hope. But I am also thankful for Thea, and my new friends I am making here in Augusta. God is good. All the time. Christ is Risen. He is Risen Indeed.
We are back from a WONDERFUL honeymoon to Disney world. What an amazing time we had, worth every penny spent and every moment we were there. We spent about 6 days there doing all kinds of things, and visiting each park. We stayed in the honeymoon suite at the Wilderness Lodge and they treated us like we were the king and queen. We were on the club level, so we got treated to breakfast, snacks in the afternoon, and then whine and cheese were available in the evenings. It was so wonderful! Matt and I visited all the parks, saw lots of animals at animal kingdom, saw mickey and all his friends and even ate at a Moroccan restaurant at Epcot! My favorite part was probably Hollywood Studios. Just seeing all the different movie things and taking the movie tour was so fun.
By the last day or so Matt and I were pretty park'd out. So we spent the day by the pool getting sun and enjoying the water and just relaxing together. We also spent sometime in our room just watching movies together enjoying the whirl pool tub, and just relaxing. It was such a fun, fun trip. We would love to go back again before we start a family, Lord willing, and before we join the stroller club that seems to rule the roost down there at Disney. It was fun trying all sorts of food and eating at so many different restaurants. I even fulfilled a few childhood dreams by meeting the Disney Princesses, at 25 years old. It was a thrill. For me. Not so much my husband. But he did it anyway.
It was such an awesome get-away. Now its back to real life. I wonder where Matt will take me next. Charleston? Myrtle Beach? Hilton Head? We shall see.
Happy Weekend
Things are starting to slow down a bit here. I am slowly but surely starting to get adjusted to being the wife of a military man, and what that all entails and looks like. We have been married for 2 weeks now and it feel A LOT longer, in a good way! I feel like I have been down here in GA for a long time as well. I still have a lot of hard days, in all honesty, but I feel like each day gets a bit easier, for that I am thankful. I am continuing to trust in the Lord's sovereignty in all things, trusting and taking comfort in His promises. Sometimes I get so frustrated by being alone and wonder why He moved me so far away from my family and friends for the next 22 months?? But God is God. He has brought Matt and I together, and knows what is best. He will never leave me or forsake me.
The house is starting to feel a bit more like a home. We have all the wedding gifts opened, washed and put away. Matt has started putting nails in the wall so I can hang pictures, so that it feels more homey. Matt and I on his days off have been running around Augusta like crazy people trying to get me into the Navy paperwork for insurance, but can't do that without a GA license with my new married name. So now I have a GA license! Its weird to see that in my wallet. But I like what the name says =). Then we also today bought some flowers and pots so I can have some flowers to have and try to keep up with, and we also were able to return some wedding duplicate gifts and get store credit, which we used to buy honeymoon clothes!
We have not found a church yet, obviously. We are still "shopping" around. We went to one on Sunday that I really, really enjoyed, but Matt's not quite sure on it. So I need to remember that he leads this relationship, and I need to remember to let him lead. So pray for us in this, that the Lord would make it clear to us on where to settle , and hopefully soon, so that we may have great friends down here to hang out with, and for me, when Matt's at work, someone I can hang out with; and someone to pour into me. It would be much appreciated!
The thing that I am looking forward to the most is Wednesday! We leave on our Honeymoon for DISNEY WORLD!!!! I am so so excited to go. I have never been there before, and have always wanted to go. I am so glad to do this, and share this experience with Matt! Matt even surprised me with a night at a Bed and Breakfast in St. Augustine, FL on our way down, so that we don't have to drive all 7 hours in one day! So So excited! I am excited to go to the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and all the other places! I will be sure to blog ALL about it after we get back and share some pictures of it all!
Thank you all who have been praying for us thus far. I ask that you would continue to pray for us, our marriage, and my adjustment down here. Blessings to all of you.
Well, The wedding is over and reality has set it. I am now getting settled here in Grovetown, GA. Its been quite an adjustment, and sometimes doesn't feel real and almost like I'm visiting. I know that I will get lonely especially when Matt's at work, but I am trusting the Lord, and that we will find a good church where I can meet great friends, and get connected in the 22 months that we are here. I have loved being married so far. I know that its only been a week, but its been fun! We have had fun getting our house in order and getting things organized, Even grocery shopping together, which was quite the experience! We leave for our honeymoon in 2 weeks, and am really looking forward to that. It will be so fun. I hope to keep you all posted on the happenings of life here on Lory Lane here on this blog so check back often to see into the lives of the Stevens!
......MY FIANCE!!!!!! and every other dinner after that! I get to see him today!!! I am so excited I have butterflies, and I am getting nervous upon his arrival. I am headed to the airport shortly to go meet him. I can't wait to see this hunk! No more goodbyes! We are ALMOST husband and wife. I love this man., I am ready to be with him forever!
This last week I have had a lot more time than usual to think about things, mainly my future. Since quitting my jobs and packing up my room full of the stuff of my life, More things have become a reality. Like I am moving away from the home that I have known for forever, to make a new life with my husband in 2 weeks. This is crazy. I am moving my ENTIRE life to be with the man I love. I am leaving everything I possibly know, to be with him. Don't get me wrong, I am excited, and I do want to be with Matt. But the thought that in such a short period of time, I will have an entire knew life. And sometimes I freak out. BUT!! I take comfort in my Sovereign Lord. After all, He is the one who put us together and has orchestrated our love story, surely He is not leaving me now. I am so thankful I can call upon Him at any time even when I am the loneliest of lonely (Is that possible?) when Matt's at work, and I am home alone, in a city where I know no one, with no car, and no friends. He is always there. I take comfort in His Word, where I always get truth and comfort from, and these are the verses that I have been going back to.
"My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, YOU ARE THERE; if I make my bed in hell, behold YOU ARE THERE. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts if the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. He found him in a desert land and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings,taking them up, carrying them on its wings, so the Lord alone led him. THE LORD IS THERE.
Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in. And He led them forth by the right way. In this place I will give peace, says the Lord of hosts. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
Exodus 33:14, Psalm 139 :7-10, Deut. 32:10-12, Ezek. 48:35; 2 Chron. 1:10; Psalm 107:7, Hag. 2:9, Josh. 1:9.
Happy Valentines Day. Its our VERY LAST holiday we have to spend apart!!! I am so excited to spend the rest of my holidays (Lord willing) with my man! I am so thankful that the Lord has blessed me with this man! I love him so dearly and in just 3 short weeks we get to be husband and wife! Yay!
