Our Ordinary Life

Our anniversary falls about 3 weeks after Christmas. Because of that, we haven't been able to do anything big for it. Bryan does do a GOOD job of always making that day alittle different than an ordinary day, buying flowers or taking me out to eat, so I'm in no way complaining! So this year, we decided not to get anything for each other for Christmas, and put some money toward our anniversary. I love suprises. Bryan came to me a couple of days later and said he had one for our anniversary, he was getting a babysitter (Thank you Mom and Dad Kurty!!!), and it was for two nights!! You can only imagine my excitement!! :-) Time took FOREVER to get to the day of our anniversary :-) lol There is one more thing you need to understand. My husband is very nostalgic! Sometimes late at night I will find him looking thru his high school and college yearbooks, he loves to go back and visit memories, whether by talking about them or physically going to them. He loves history and I would cal...

I stole the title from Dr. Matt Olson from a message He preached at Northland before the college kids went on Christmas Break. I enjoy listening to him speak. He is very down to earth and knows how to connect. He is very real in his preaching and when you talk to him. He is a man that I know God is using greatly in the life of my husband, in my life, and in the lives of many others. Occationally I will find the time to listen to one of his sermons on Sermon Audio. This was his most recent sermon. He preached out of Matthew and focused on when Jesus called out His disciples. The points in his message were:  The call to be a disciple is clear, simple, profound, life-changing, it is also costly (it costs everything), it produces conflict (being one of the hardest things you have done, hardest life to live), and lastly, it is glorious (worthy and eternal)!!! To add anything to this would do it a great injustice, nothing needs to be added to it, especally from me who struggles t...