God is good all the time...

On Sunday I took Jeremy to my church in PHX, LifeChurch.tv. God has been doing some incredible things with the campus, including uprooting them from their former location into a new temporary place. It really is a God-thing though and it was amazing to see everyone in such high spirits and faith even though the past few weeks have been very stressful and difficult with all of the changes. Fortunately, with God in the midst, this has all been viewed as an amazing opportunity, not an obstacle. Pastor Craig had a wonderful message to share on Sunday that I believe spoke to us all on many different levels. He said that "God doesn't always give us what we ask for, but He always gives us what we need." OH, how soooo true that is. So many times in my life, I would ask and ask for something, the whole time knowing that what I wanted was what I thought would be perfect for me in my life. Then that would fall through and low and behold, God had something bigger and better for me. Or, time and time again, he just had better...no PERFECT timing for what it was that I actually needed. Jeremy and I have talked about this and we are very thankful that God had a plan for us...even years ago. Even though at the time when we broke up it just didn't make sense, we now look back and see how pertinent it was for us to have gone through that time of separation. We are so grateful for the things we have learned and experienced in the time we had apart. And, if God would have granted me what I had ASKED for so many years ago....well, I just don't know how things would have turned out if I had actually gotten what I wanted....not what I needed.


On Sunday afternoon we went out to lunch with several people from church including my pastor and his wife. We had a great time catching up and everyone enjoyed getting to know Jeremy in the short time we had. Jeremy and I then drove up Superstition Mountains to enjoy the tiny town of Tortilla Flatts and dessert on the patio of the Lakeside Restaurant. We met up with some more friends for dinner that evening (we ate A LOT this weekend!) and ended the night with an at-home concert, put on by none other than Jeremy, Claire, and Jordan! (I was the groupie who cheered them on as I drank one of Jordan's infamous margaritas)!!! Oh, and I have to point out...doesn't it look like there is fire coming from Jordan's guitar??!! He is quite the Guitar Hero huh??!!