2013, indeed.

We adventured the country by plane and by train. We endured the summers heat of Arizona. Trials were brought forth and those same trials were overcome. We have had prayers answered. We have learned lessons, ones that are new and some that are old. We have cried tears of sadness, felt a Godly joy and have laughed so hard we cried. We have had one year of marriage. Not to mention traveling the world. All of this to say, its under our belts and we are ready to face 2013 head on.

I just had an image of staring down a long barrel. Significant to the fact a new year starts you back at the very beginning. At least thats what we have been conditioned to think. Resolutions made and broken have no effect on where life truly takes you. Thats the reality of it.  This makes life beautiful.

I believe the greatest thing I learned in 2012, which I hope to never forget, was to live life abundantly. Abundantly in all the life has to offer. I want to live in the moments of loving people. I want to live in the moments of having a greater relationship with a God who desperately seeks a relationship with me. I want to take care of this temple that was bestowed to me in this life on earth. I do not want to take these moments for granted. I want to endure and soak these moments in. They are fleeting and gone in the next.

Life is precious. I was reminded of that these last couple of days when some very close friends of ours went into pre-mature labor. Kaelin is 31 weeks pregnant with what appears to be a very strong willed baby boy. Justin and Kaelin never expected life to throw them an uncontrollable curve ball. But it has. And they will be all the better for it. This event will account for the vast love and grace that God has for them. Although, the reason is yet to be seen, God is completely in control. He is the God of has been, is and will be. Not the God of never was. These are our moments.