A Piece of Our Wedding…

Posted October 30, 2008 By Andrea and has 1 comment.

Sorry that we cannot send you any cake, but I thought that since I am so busy running and not being able to sit down and write, I would share a little piece of our wedding with some that we love who are not able to be there. I was driving down the road one day and heard this song. The lyrics, the music, everything reminded me of what God had done for me and Andy, while reminding me He is the only one who saves. I think that Andy and I had our separate experiences of going to God like this- realizing He was going to get us through- and it has made us so much better together. So this will be the song we take our first communion as husband and wife- You Alone by Casting Pearls…

I’ve come to Your throne here so cold and alone
I’m calling on Your name
I lift my hands to the sky open wide and I cry Lord take me away
Take this heavy heart and this weary soul and set them free
Remove myself till there’s nothing left but You alone in me
I’m letting go of all that I know
I’m holding on to You alone
I lay it all down down here at Your feet
I want You alone You alone
If I go to the heavens above Lord I know You are there
If I make my bed in the depths lord I know You are there
If I rise on the wings of the dawn or settle on the far side of the sea
Even still Lord I know You will, You will always be there with me
I’m letting go of all that I know
I’m holding on to You alone
I lay it all down down here at Your feet
I want You alone You alone

Can I get an Amen? :)

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What is happening?!

Posted September 10, 2008 By Andrea and has 1 comment.

At 11 o’clock last night Andy and I received the very first RSVPs for our wedding. Which I suppose means it is all real now! I know this means the beginning of more stress, but it also means we are getting married SOON. Which makes me a very happy girl indeed.

Have a funny wedding story? Of yours or just one you have been to? Let us know, I want to prepare!

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French Fried Update 5

Posted September 7, 2008 By Andrea and has 3 comments.

Total weight loss goal: 23 lbs.

Pounds lost so far: 16

Pounds to go: 7

I am close, trying not to waiver. It has been hard though. Since the loss of my granddad and having a few days that were gym free subsequently, I have not been putting more into my workouts or always watching what I put in that mouth of mine. But fortunately I think I have developed enough good habits that I am not completely falling back into my old ways, just not caring as much about every little single thing. Maybe that is a good thing. :) Anyway, wedding is in 55 days, so I think I am good on the 7 lbs.! If not, it’s not too huge in the scheme of things. I am marrying the greatest man ever, so life is good.

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God is mucho good!

Posted August 2, 2008 By Andrea and has no comments yet.

Just have to say that I feel very blessed and alive today! I am lucky to be alive, lucky to be able to share with others, and so lucky that I am learning what I am passionate about. Furthermore, my wedding is going to rock. Needed to add on that bit.

While I see the hurt and despair around me, in all its forms and statuses, I trust God that while there might not be a reason for it, and justice is not prevailing in this country, I know people and I am a person that will stand up for what is right, working towards something that will show at least some part of Christ to the world around us. It can be so disconcerting, but there is hope. There is Jesus.

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Trying to tie my head around my thoughts, or something like that

Posted July 31, 2008 By Andrea and has no comments yet.

I feel like I have writers’ block. I have been reading Jim Wallis’s Soul of Politics, also some reading of Al Jazeera and the Bible (not too odd of a pairing), has left the air in my head hollow and the prayer of a new day a faint hope at the end of a long road. Here are some of the angles I am looking at life:

  • Parents’ divorce and family’s lack of cohesion apparent in not only my parents’ life (again this is my angle) but glaringly apparent in the lives of my younger sisters, who need more prayers than my prayer life can muster
  • Weddings, nuptials, that whole white day thing means money and planning, not my strong suit, but hey, we are rich in love and I do know that all will turn out well there. It’s just…. where do I start?
  •  Bush talking about “progress in Iraq.” hehehehehe. Ok, that one was a joke. Right?!?!?! Wait a minute I peed my pants.
  • And the one I feel worst about, the whole “worry about nothing pray about everything” (I am not even going to google this to tell you where it is from in the Bible bc I just know it is NT Paul writing…I think)
  • Oh, and hey, I love theology but I hate it, because one thing I REALLY have to work on is the icky feeling I get when I look around online and find “super spiritual blog” BS that even I cannot begin to understand. And I’ve been a Christian my whole life.

AHHH!!!! Ok, rant done. But do you ever really wonder, why?

Oh, and furthermore, why NCLB ? (No Child Left Behind) It’s not helping people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bridezilla already?!

Posted July 9, 2008 By Andrea and has 1 comment.


 

I have been engaged for only over a week, but already ideas are swirling and I am trying to get the little things taken care of so that I won’t be so insane closer to the big day. We have, perhaps insanely, set the date for November 1st. We are both ready to be married. Neither one wanting to make the day a huge elaborate event. But here is the problem. When it comes to things that I do not have a passionate stance on, I tend to go the people pleasing route. People expect this and that, so I need to do this and that. Right? If I have a conviction about something, it doesn’t seem to be a deal. I do what needs to be done. But when I don’t, I seem to cast myself among the reeds, flittering and swaying in the breeze, sensitive to the merest touch. The big question of the day is, not what if I’m Bridezilla, because I HOPE my fiancé was joking when he called me that, but is all the hoopla surrounding weddings morally repugnant or not?

I want to keep my budget small, but the mere 250 people we may be feeding is enough to skyrocket me into the outer sections of the universe. I am fully prepared to go the Sam’s Club route, but then I have to ask, do I really want to contribute to a global company that might be morally raping the women and children of Asia while I sit all comfy on my couch? But unfortunately, just like my daddy so frequently told me, money doesn’t grow on trees. In fact, I am acutely aware of money. Possibly because every time I asked for something big as a child, i.e. a trip to Disney World or the newest of gadgets, my father also like to sing the song “Money, Money, Money, Mon-Ey.” So, that puts a “green” wedding out. We are going the recycled route for invitations, candlelight for the service, and that is about as far as our “green” budget takes us.

I care so much for all of the crazy and insane problems in this world, is a wedding just selfish? Thank God I settled against anything with tulle, because otherwise this might be the worst mind screw I have ever experienced. More thoughts to come…. Please feel free to share yours!

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