A friend of mine posted a link to this wonderful blog post by someone I do not know personally, but I felt it worth sharing because my heart has been here for quite a while. I want to preface this by saying that I really enjoy pinterest and getting ideas for life, projects, crafts, etc. there. And some complaints I read about this particular article were people feeling she was bashing "artsy" people. As one who likes pretty things, I am not advocating throwing out all creativity. But I do think there is great value in evaluating what ultimately matters in life...and what really makes love. http://www.rachelheldevans.com/pre-pinterest-wedding 7 years ago I married the man I chose to spend the rest of my days with. We were engaged and six months later, squeezing in a date between patrols at sea, we were married. Five of my very dearest friends stood beside me, our pastor of 23 years led us in vowing our lives to one another, and we ate a bite of cake and some food while we mingled with the friends and family who came to support and celebrate with us. And then we left. 7 years have passed. Not exactly a lifetime, is it? But it seems there has been a sort of lifetime crammed into those 7 years. We've moved, said goodbye to friends and family, loved ones have passed away, babies have been born, the number of family members has expanded. Life has happened. Joyfully, Johnny says to me quite often, "Man, I had no idea how much I could actually love you when we first were married." Our care for each other is so much deeper than it was those 7 years ago. And, if I'm going to be honest, our wedding has almost nothing to do with that. It's the life that has been happening since that day. Sometimes I fear that our desire for those picture-perfect moments prevents us from actually experiencing the picture-perfect moments. I want to guard my heart, in all areas of my life, from wanting things to be so pretty for the picture that I forget about capturing the beauty in reality.
