Simon Speaks

Hello.
Hi.
Hey there.

I've been meaning to post for the past couple of weeks but life has had a habit of distracting me and what free time I've had has been spent being sick.

However, I am better.
Somewhat.
Chronic cases of maybe and undefinedness.

However, the ironic thing is faith is like that.
Suspended between two extremes...two poles where we attempt to follow Jesus' on the 'straight and narrow' because to go to either extreme is to sin.

Grace helps us find the medium, the balance between endless physical greed and shallow self serving spiritual...a middle ground between the physical science and the abstract religious.

It's more than idealism and better grounded than any philosophy.
It's the "evidence of things unseen" while at the same time it's the sort of faith where we have to be willing to take the next step...even when we do not see a logical conclusion of how it's possible for another platform for us to step upon.




"We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!
 "But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love."
-1 Corinthians 13:12-13




There is a beauty to be found in realizing we're finite, incapable and in need of Love's divine insanity to rescue us. God made us not because He was in  need but desired to show love...and all of history has been the tale of God chasing His wayward bride aching to have us near.

The love shared between Veronica and I is an example of that. Currently we're only dating (have talked engagement, marriage and escape to New Zealand as opposed to Old Zealand) but despite mistakes we've made and pain we've caused one another...we both pray, strive to serve and keep communication open so that we do not live in darkness but push one another to grow, to trust in Christ and to hopefully be ready for the day in which we marry.

Marriage was created to serve as a reflection of the harmony God has in His Trinity and how God shares with us...and so this little blog will be a record of our trip, our journey and blessed misadventures through life.

Thank you for joining in, take a seat, feel free to prop up your feet and nibble on some popcorn. It's going to be one heck of a trip.
-Simon