It's wedding week people.

Did you get that?? WEDDING. WEEK. holy moly im SO excited!!!!! :) THE first Luther family wedding! EVER!! (well for my family) I still can't believe it's here!! Back in may when they set the date it seemed FOREVER away. But it's here!!!! AHHHHHH!!!! I hope you'll join me in praying for the most wonderful (and NON stressful!!) weekend ever for Jason and Emily. They certainly deserve it. :)

this probably won't make much sense. it kinda just came pouring out.

I think this is a record of posts in one night…but I'm just thinking alot tonight.

Think about this, "life can change, in a blink of the eye." Do I live like I believe that? No. I am so comfortable in my life and take EVERYTHING for granted. What would my life be like if I lived out that quote? Would I be so worried about how I look, what I wear, what I drive, what people think about me? Or would I invest more time in relationships, and MEANINGFUL relationships? Would I take every chance that came to share my hope with other people? Or continue to normal mundane conversations about the latest things?

I'm not saying any one those things are bad. Of course they aren't. But I do believe that I am way to caught up in them. They become what's important to me. But those things don't last. They aren't going to save me from my sin, they aren't going to be personal with me, and love me for who I am, no matter what I do. They can't create universes or grow a flower with one word. They can't save the lives of my friends, even the ones that I tend to believe are hopeless.

But you know what can? God. The kingdom of God, living and active in the world around me, and living and active in ME. A treasure farrrrrr beyond any Mac, any DSLR camera, any Porsche, A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G. in this world. THAT. is what's up. So, will you join me in the INCREDIBLY difficult? In making this life matter? Not for me. Not for my family. Not for my friends. But for God.

*note: As we all know, I am human. So tomorrow once again I'll be living the exact opposite of the way I should. So don't be thinking that I'm all super good now. NO. HA. these thoughts just kinda came pouring out of me so I thought I'd share.

You know what would be cool?...

…If I was like "Hey there God, just wondering, what am I supposed to do with my life? Where am I supposed to go to college? Where do you want me?"

and if He was like, "you know what? I want you [insert school here] and I would love for you to [insert career, marriage, profession here]."

Yeah, that would be cool.

maybe disney's got it right this time...

AHHHHH!H!!!!!!

i realized today that next week, i'll be marking the following weekend of work completely off. why? Cuz my brother is gettin freakin married!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

ALSO, im gonna go to the needtobreathe concert!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!

"The LORD your God is with you,
He is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
He will quiet you with his love,
He will rejoice over you with singing."

Zephaniah 3:17

Woah. Rejoice over you with singing? Just stop for a sec and think about that. Too be honest with you, I can't grasp it. But I think it'll be an amazing experience when it sinks in. God,the awesome, mighty, gentle creator of the UNIVERSE, rejoices over YOU. And if it's not enough that He just rejoices over you, it's with singing. with SINGING. Have you ever been so excited about something that you just want to jump up and down, shout, or sing? Yeah, well that's how God feels. about YOU. Overwhelming, huh?

Heaven.

Heaven is a hard thing to imagine. But I imagine it will something like last night where I sat around with my friends and sang worship songs for a hour. But a billion times better. If that's the case, I can't wait.