Macie and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary this past Tuesday and it was a great time to sit down and talk over our lives and all that has happened. We are currently visiting Macie's family in Atlanta, Georgia so we went out for dinner together, walked through the park where I proposed to Macie and went out to Brewsters (ice cream shop) for dessert, the UK just doesn't do ice cream like over here. It was a wonderful evening.
During dinner we were able to sit down and talk about some of our funnest and hardest times during our time together and how God has guided and helped us along the way. By the end of the evening we both felt so undeserving of all that we have. We have been given so much, have such a fun marriage and three wonderful kids. We are both able to do what we love, as I play football and Macie gets to lead worship at church and home school the kids. We both sat there and felt completely overwhelmed with the blessings in our lives. We don't deserve this wonderful life we have been given and this made us thankful to God even more. Some people might say that we give a lot of our time to others, love and discipline our kids well and try to be the best we can and so we are getting what we deserve. Macie and I know however that at times we get angry, lose our temper with one another, can be very selfish and lots of other stuff we wouldn't want people to see. We have been given so much we don't deserve.
I am not saying this to brag on how good we have it, I have a point to telling you this. The club I finished playing the season for is going through a boardroom takeover and is therefore struggling financially. This has left the players with no pay for almost two months. On top of this the surgery I was promised at the end of the season for my hernia was not paid for. Luckily in the UK we have the NHS so I am hopefully getting the operation done when I get home from our stay in the U.S. Another factor is that my job is uncertain because that is the nature of football, unless you're as good as the likes of Wayne Rooney! My point is that by God's grace we are able to focus on Him, His goodness and everything that is good in our lives instead of the struggle and the unknown. This is why we can be so grateful and happy. It makes life much easier and peaceful when I focus on all that is good. Thanks for reading.
Jo, Macie and kids
