life. and everything in between

I sat staring at the screen for 5 minutes trying to figure out how to start this post. How do you sum up 6 years of marriage to your best friend? Should I finally admit that I am  the   perfect wife  an okay wife? Maybe I should just start with who Levi is to me. Levi. He is my soul sharpener. He always wants me to be better than I was yesterday. Not in a controlling competitive way. He just knows that I can be better. He wants me to be better because he honestly wants whats best for me, regardless of whats going on with him. He is my biggest fan. I tell him I want to go back to school and he says "go for it", I say I want to start running and he goes out and buys me shoes, I say I want to start biking he helps me pick out a bike. I think you get the point. He is ALWAYS there. Cheering me on and never letting me give up.  He doesn't put up with my $#!% either. I have been told I am a strong woman with a strong personality. I honestly don't see it. *cough cough*...

I am not an experienced writer. I am not experienced at book reviews. I just wanted to share some of my thoughts on every chapter of this book. It is a great book. It has changed the way I look at my family, friends, people on the sidewalk, the Bible, and my relationship with Christ. So here it is. The final chapters... Lose the Cape. We believe as Christians we have to be these super heroes. Or that the world needs to see us and see how “good” we are doing. We need to stop. Our egos are turning people away from the love of Christ. Be Jesus. Don’t worry about anything expect being.  God is Good. No matter what we are going through in life GOD IS GOOD. I think we have to remember these things always. Its hard. I forget. I lose sight of hope. I shouldn’t. We shouldn’t. We need to rejoice always. Pray always. Thanksgiving. Philippians 4:12-13 Jailbreak. This chapter got real fast. Kids are so close to my heart, as is justice. To read what is going Uganda and the children be...

Bob Goff has a great deal of stories in this book. But I have a feeling he has many more. I would even put money down to say he can relate all of his stories to Christ and to love. More importantly the love of Christ.  Hunting Grizzlies. You just have to know with that chapter title things are about to get crazy. Of course it is. Goff ends up almost killing his sister but you will have to read the book for that whole story. Growing up Goff’s father taught him about guns and hunting. One thing his father told him was “Son, you need to look through the scope at the things that are far away, but you also need to take your eye away long enough to see what’s close.” Goff applies this to people loving people obviously. Sometimes we get to focused on the future and looking through the scope that we miss the people on the sidewalk next to us. I follow this group called Humans of New York, this group goes around New York (and sometimes other parts of the world) and takes pictures of pe...