Oceans...

 Have you heard the song Oceans? It has a line that says "take me deeper than my feet could ever wander and my faith will be made stoner in the pressence of my savior... where my trust is with out borders, let me walk upon the waters... where ever you would call me". 

Eric and I had this song sung during our wedding, back in 2014. It was supposed to be a song for ppl to worship with but that message wasn't brought across well. Besides a majority of our wedding party and a couple audience members we were the only ones really singing. Which might be ok. If you think about it those words are big words, and that is a big request. It's not something to take lightly. So many times I think we worship with elegant words but never put our life where our mouth is. 

For Eric and I these words were not just a song we wanted at our wedding but they were promises we wanted to incorporate in our day. We wanted to make sure we knew that before anything else our marriage was, is, a vow to God that we are here to be led and used. 

Wow! Not popular I know. In today's world where you are meant to look out for number one it isn't common to enter a situation not only vowing to put someone else first but to put obedience over comfort.  As Christians we are called to do just that! Thankfully we have had great Christian role models in our lives who have used their marriages to bring glory to God. 

Now please note I am not saying the only way to bring glory to God through your marriage is to go on long term missions...  that's just what it looks like for us right now. I am also not saying we have it all tpgether, oh trust me we don't :) 

Before this honoring God with our marriage looked like learning to be a good husband and wife (which we still are).  I think in all marriages that in itself will always be at the base of honoring God.

We both knew missions was something we both felt called to and it was something we wanted to explore as a couple. I had a big heart for England, I had gone there on a mission trip the summer before I started daiting Eric. 
We thwn went back to Somerset, England on our first missions trip as a couple. We both felt God's desire to reach out to the young adults there. When we came home it was to a couple months of praying. To be honest, there was a whole bunch of 'this is big how would it ever work' thrown in there too. 

The amazing thing was when we couldn't ignore it any longer.. You know how it is when God is putting that message every where you look and in every way that you can imagine.  We agreed to say 'yes' together in October. 

We only told our pastor, the pastor in England, and our parents. Ok, I might have also told a lady from church, a teacher I work with, and my best friend... I was excited. Well anyways, we told the people who needed to know and then gave it over to God. 

It is amazing how when you say yes God, He moves. This step we are taking is big and scary and out of our control.. it's perfect. We have gotten to see God orchestrate situations and events that we couldn't, even if we had known it was possible. We can't wait to see how He moves next. 

:) Megs.