All things have their season

Last week we kicked off a "Walk to Iraq" with the hubby's battalion. I couldn't help but notice the beautiful change in nature that has happened in the last few weeks. Leaves have started to change colors, the weather has a touch of crispness in it. Fall is coming. With fall comes baked apples, pumpkin everything, Halloween and Thanksgiving. My husband won't be here for those events this year. This makes it a little bittersweet, as Fall is my favorite time of year.

All of the thoughts caused me to think about Ephesians and the verse "All things have their season." Being separated is just a season in our marriage, one that will eventually pass. This makes the thought of me being away from my husband a little easier to handle. In my life I have gone through many seasons, what is one small season of my marriage, it is nothing when I put it against the time we have spent together. Over this year many things will change, but the love I feel for my husband... The prayers I pray for him and our children... Those things will stay the same. What season of life are you in?

One of my primary focuses as deployment nears is to get into better health. I have been working out 3-5 times per week for going on four weeks and am starting to feel a little down. Two weeks ago I weighed 209, now 208. However, four months ago my waist measured 38.5, today it was a 37. That is definitely not a bad start, but I can't help but feel a little frustrated that the weight isn't coming off faster. It would be nice to wake up twenty pounds lighter tomorrow... Since that won't happen, the next best thing would probably be to keep working and eventually reach that 60lb lighter goal.