First one to go . . .

This past weekend my family experienced a very momentous occasion: Chris, my second oldest cousin was the first to get married!

It was a great wedding. Beautiful, outside, perfect weather, great setting, close family and friends, some hilarious moments, and a dance off. The whole weekend was filled with fun moments with family, along with some crazy ones of course.  It was really fun to all be together. It has probably been at least five years since we have all been together and it was great to share such a special day together.  I'm super thankful for my family and the chance we had to be together.

First time the five of us have been together since May.

All the cousins, including our newest cousin

The 3 Fuller girls

One really cool thing about the wedding was the anniversary dance. I hadn't seen this before and thought it was really neat.  All the couples go out on the floor and then leave the dance floor as their anniversary is called. Like first anyone who is dating, then married for 1, 5, 10, and so on.  My grandparents were the last ones on the floor. They have been married for 60 years.  60 years!!! That is three times the length of my life! I mean it is entirely a lifetime! I can't imagine all they have been through together in that amount of time.  It just reminded me of how blessed I am to have such a wonderful family, starting from the faithfulness my grandparents share.  I mean look how cute they are!!

It was a great weekend. A great time being with family and celebrating the commitment Chris and Lisa made to each other.  That sweet dance my grandparents shared was a great reminder of the Lord's faithfulness.  If two flawed people, as great as my grandparents are they are still sinful humans, can remain faithful and committed to each other for a lifetime, how much more faithful is my Jesus. My Jesus, who is perfect and absolutely blameless, is so faithful and he goes to such incredible lengths to show his children his faithfulness.  Thank you Lord for such a wonderful reminder.  

Praise the Lord, all you nations;

extol him, all you peoples.

For great is his love toward us, 

and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. 

Praise the Lord

Psalm 117

Thanks Ladies

Katie, you have inspired me.
Quite honestly, you always have. I adore you, and our friendship, even though we definitely don't talk as much as we should. You are truly an incredible woman of God. Your faith challenges me every day. And now I live vicariously through your blog.


Becky, you have no idea.
You are such an encouragement in my walk with Jesus. I love our times together because you always challenge me. Yet it is always out of a heart that is so committed to the Lord and committed to loving people. You speak so much truth yet you are so stinkin' real!


Why these two?
Consistency.


Yes, these two women have inspired and challenged me in ways I can't even describe. Because they are so consistent.


And I just wanted everyone to know. So, thanks ladies.


AND
I going to try something new. The name of this blog is Running on His Word. catchy huh? ha. But my whole purpose in naming it that was because I want to literally be running on the Word of God every single day. Honestly, I need some accountability in this area. So here is what I'm going to do: Every day I just want to share a little bit of what I'm running on. And yes, you 11 blog followers get to help me stay accountable and consistent.


Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.


I love this verse. It is so true. My flesh and my heart fail. Every single day. I've never had any problem believing that my flesh fails. That can speak for itself. But my heart? Oh yeah, its a failure too.


Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?


Yes, that is the true condition of my heart. And I have seen that for sure (more to come on that soon). 


BUT 
God is the strength of my heart. 
Ok Lord. You promise that, I am going to CLING to it! 
And what is portion exactly. 


Well, Asaph was the writer of this Psalm. He was a Levite, which meant the Lord physically was his portion. He didn't have an inheritance, or land, but he lived off of the people's tithes dedicated to the Lord. He consistently had to fully depend on the Lord. And the Lord was enough.


Take a look at life for a minute. Do you put your trust in your flesh? Or your heart? And what happens when they fail? This verse is great because it is so real. My flesh fails. My heart fails. It is going to happen! If my strength is in the Lord and if he is ENOUGH for me, then LET my heart fail. Why do I so often run to depend on something so deceitful anyway? 


He is our portion. And he wants to truly be enough. He'll stop at nothing to be totally enough for you. 
Let that truth sink in.


And check out Katie and Becky's blogs. They are both awesome!
http://joyfuljava.blogspot.com/
http://katieevelynlewis.blogspot.com/