bundle of nerves...

i can't believe it, but it's finally here...

my DH will be home in a few days for his 2-week leave time from Iraq, and i'm just a big bundle of nerves!!!

i'm so excited that i might use the bathroom on myself, yet i'm scared half out of my mind...

it has been since Christmas that i've seen my husband...so much has changed, and i've had to relearn how to be single, except this time i'm also married...it's a weird combination to be sure

yet the Lord has somehow brought me a million times closer to my husband...i don't know how, because there have been days that i've felt like giving up altogether...i'm also amazed by how quickly and slowly the time has gone by...some weeks felt like they would last forever, and other weeks felt like they would never end

i am praying SO hard about this short homecoming time we have with one another

would you please pray for us as well? that Jesus would bless this time for us, that the time would go by slowly, that my husband would have true rest for his weary body and soul, and that he would be refreshed as he returns to Iraq to prepare for the downhill side of their return? thank you so much!!!

HE'S COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

more popular than Christ...

We grow up believing
And praising and seeking
A way that seems good to a man
We try to create our own god in our head
All to suit our own purpose and plan
While our hearts deceive us
We make our own Jesus

But God’s ways are not our own
You can’t live for the world
And follow God’s Son
Dear brother dear sister
If only I could give you just this advice
I pray you don’t long to be
More popular than Christ

Christian or Pagan, Jewish, American
Idols all with their own name
We dress them up differently
With each generation
But underneath they’re all the same
They keep us staring
And always comparing

But God’s ways are not our own
You can’t tag along Jesus
While you’re on the throne
Dear brother dear sister
If only I could give you just this advice
I pray you don’t long to be
More popular than Christ

Choose you this day
Whom you shall serve
Not just with lips or vain praising words
Choose you this day
Whom you shall serve
Not just with lips or praising words

Cause God’s ways are not our own
No one voted for Jesus to be #1
Dear brother dear sister
If only I could give you just this advice
I pray you don’t long to be more popular

God’s ways are not our own
No you can’t serve two masters
You’ll only love one
Dear brother dear sister
If only I could give you just this advice
I pray you don’t long to be
No I pray you don’t long to be
I pray you don’t long to be
More popular than Christ

by: Kathleen Carnali