App!

I just figured out that there is an iPhone app for WordPress. Maybe I’ll be more consistent with blogging now!

Almost moving day

Just a quick Hallelujah today…We are moving into our new house tomorrow! Pray for Dallas and I because we will be getting up SUPER EARLY to start loading our stuff.

Love, Court

It was a dark, stormy something…

When I graduated from college way back in May, I was excited to start writing again.  Really writing, not just for school assignments.  I leapt headlong into the endeavor by participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short) in November, and I sadly discovered that my chops were seriously lacking.  I sat in front of the computer for hours at a time waiting for material to flow forth like it always had before, and yet, visions of bills and groceries danced in my head.

What is a writer if she can’t write?  I felt like life had robbed me of a gift…and then I came back to reality.  Life cannot rob me of anything that is given to me by God, but sometimes after being out of practice for a while, I have to start from the beginning to regain use of my gift.  So that is what I have done.  I opened my books of writing exercises yesterday and I wrote three pages!  Along with the huge number of books I’ve read in the past eight months (and continue to read), I’m starting to feel like a “real” writer again.

Now I just have to work on that whole “letting people read my work” thing.  Baby steps, right?

Love, Court

New Year’s Resolutions!

I can feel the eyes rolling even as I type.  Yes, I realize that New Year’s Resolutions are often broken.  The idea of making them has almost become a joke, but I think that–here comes another cliche’–this year will be different.  2009 was a pretty unbelievable year for me, in that I can’t believe that so many events could be crammed into twelve short months.  I have graduated from college, gotten married, moved across the state completely on faith, and then moved back, also on faith.  So when I woke up on January 1, 2010, I realized that for my family and I, this is the beginning of a new season.  A new start.  So, I think I would be remiss to not take advantage and resolve to do something with what God has given me.  I have resolved to:

1. Lose five pounds by May 1st.  To be honest my weight is okay, but when I look in the mirror, I don’t quite see what I want to see. Another motivation for this? I have to wear a bridesmaid’s dress on May 15!

2. Keep up with this blog!  I started this thing because I needed an outlet for the stuff pinging around inside my head.  I’ll try not to be too boring or crazy!

3. Read the Bible cover to cover by the end of the year.

That pretty much covers it.  I’m really looking forward to this year with all the blessings and the teaching the Lord has for us.  He has plenty in store for all of you too, and I pray that you will receive it and have a closer relationship with Him on the other side!

Love, Court

Time to face up, clean this old house

So, it’s been a while!  Finally the Lord has put words in my heart again, and I couldn’t be happier.  As someone who writes a lot (and talks a lot!), it is very hard when I feel nothing in my spirit worth putting on paper.  The past four months have been, well…crazy, what with moving to North Richland Hills and trying to start our lives here.

Something I have been thinking about a lot since then is the issue of identity.  I thought I had a pretty secure grasp of my own identity, and then I left home.  Ever since leaving home, God has been molding me and shaping me into something new. That is not to say that He has wiped the slate clean and started over with me, robbing me of my basic identity.  I am still a girl from west Texas, who loves country music (much to my husband’s dismay! haha) and high school football.

But…

I am an adult now.  Without college, or my parents, or even my status as wife and mother to define me, the Father is gently pushing me into my own.  It’s been a little tough, I’m not going to lie.  But the amazing part of this process is that I know what the clay feels like in the Potter’s hands.  Let me tell you all, beloved, it is the ultimate comfort to relax into my Father’s lap after a day of being molded and shaped.

So, who are you becoming?

Love, Court

Title Song: “Something Heavenly,” Sanctus Real

Wooo!

I’m a graduate finally! And now comes the race to the altar: nine days and counting until Dallas and I get married.

By the way, does anyone have a communion set we could borrow? No seriously! Let me know!

Senioritis?

I have never been so altogether exhausted in my entire life. Not even in the latter part of my pregnancy. Not even when I was spending sleepless nights in the hospital with my grandfather. This should be the happiest time in my life with all the positive things that are soon to happen, but I find myself unable to enjoy the ride. I just want to stop and look around at all the blessings being poured on me, but there is so much left to do. But here are a few of the things I know I can be grateful for:

1. My Father has brought me to this point in my education, and He will be with me even as I cross the stage next Saturday.

2. My grandmother is one of the most giving people I have ever known, and one of the strongest supporters of Dallas and I.

3. Brandon is strong in so many ways, yet he is young enough to be unaffected by the world.

4. My friends are there for me. I mean REALLY there. Not everyone can say that.

5. I am almost finished with the last dang English paper of my undergraduate career.

Lastly, I am thankful to be getting in bed before 11 tonight. What are you thankful for today?

Again I say…new stuff is fun!

I just bought a new car! I’ll posts pictures tomorrow!

fire drill

Today there was a fire drill at UTPB…at least I think that’s what it was. Everyone left the building in an orderly manner, and when my class and I stepped outside, we were facing the grassy knoll where graduation will be held next month.

The sun was bright and the sky was perfectly blue. And, in my spaghetti brain, I thought about a post on my friend Kristi’s blog. She talked about how this last month of college can be very stressful, but also how God would not have brought her this far if He didn’t intend to see her through.

Wow, did I need to hear that! In Kristi’s case, God called her out of a job and “normal” family life to go back to school. In mine, He called me to pursue my education despite some possible obstacles (like teenage pregnancy). It is His strength and knowledge that leads us to triumph, not our own.

What is God doing through you today?

new stuff is fun!

I just received my first piece of furniture for our apartment!

I’ve really never bought or cared about actual furniture before, but now I’m home-decorating crazy! I’m also a little bit proud because I put the legs on myself.

51 days to being a wifey!

36 days to being a smarty!