Fall musings

It's fall. Fall means alot of things. Leaves changing colors and falling to the ground. Bonfires, corn mazes, hayrides, apple cider, football, halloween costume parties, crisp cool air, the promise of Thanksgiving and Christmas being just around the corner. This fall is a little different. This fall my brother is getting married! In fact, he's getting married in less than two weeks. I have the pleasure of being his co-best man(with my other brother). I've been the best man in one other wedding and have been a groomsman in numerous other weddings. This isn't like the other weddings I've been in though. This is my younger brother. The first of the four siblings to tie the knot. I'm super excited for him and his future bride. I'm definitely not losing a brother but rather gaining a sister.

Did I expect my YOUNGER brother to be getting hitched before I did? Well no. In fact, there's alot of things that haven't really worked out the way I would have figured they would have. I believe my plan went something like this.....go to college, get a good degree, fall in love, graduate, get married, land a dream job, have kids, and live happily ever after. Well, I went to college and got a good degree. I did graduate, and I did get a good job but definitely not my "dream" job. As you've probably figured out, the major "missing" part of my plan was the falling in love, getting married, having kids and living happily ever after. God had other plans. As I look back now I realize just how blessed my life has been and where God has me now. He has blessed me in so many ways and somehow I still find myself not trusting Him with everything in my life. I give Him 90% but then tell Him that the other 10% is under control and I think that my plan is better somehow than His plan. Well, I'm sure I'll talk more about my trust issues in future posts, but that's what's going on right now. Big wedding in another week and a half and I couldn't be happier for them!