Winter has past, and the springtime has come!

I have been so happy and nearly giddy this week whenever I thought about how we were nearly down to double digits on our wedding countdown!  And today we are!  99 days left!  :)

I am so happy and looking forward to being Mrs. Robert Jessup.  And now that we're really cranking things out for the wedding, it's fun and exciting.

Tonight, we had an evening off from the theater and Robert and I went on a double date with Shannon and Heather to see Hop (a cute little movie about the Easter Bunny with James Marsden and, I'm sorry to say, David Hasselhoff.  Although I am glad he was in it - it was something else for me to laugh at).  About half-way through the movie, I was sitting next to Robert and he was holding my hand and I had such a deep feeling of how utterly right it is that he's in my life and how right we are together. It is a marvelous thing that God is doing in uniting us in Him, and I am in awe of it.  I don't know exactly what it's going to look like, but I trust the One who created us and know that it's gonna blow my mind.  The Wright children were watching a video about Gladys Aylward, the missionary woman who took over 100 Chinese children on foot for many days to safety when the Japanese were attacking. There was a quote from the movie that brought tears to my eyes.  They were standing on the bank of the Yellow River after having walked for days to escape the danger and had to cross the river to get to a town of safety.  The river was too deep and strong for the children to cross, and Gladys did not know what to do.  Then a 13 year-old girl reminded her of the story she had told them about Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea.  Gladys replied in despair, "But I am not Moses."  To which the girl replied, "No, you are not.  But God is still God."  And they prayed for a way through the waters and of course God showed up and showed off at that moment as some Chinese soldiers appeared with boats to ferry them across in safety.
I was reminded that no matter how inadequate I feel or how unable I am to see a way, God is still God and is continuing to do wonders in my life, and if I will just trust Him and rest in Him, my heart will find the peace and joy it longs for in Him.  

 My beautiful Valentine's Orchid from Robert

The Weeping Cherry Tree in our front yard.  Spring is so lovely!