God's grace is all over it.

i have to say, God's grace is all over my move to utah.

i am starting to feel....drum roll, please...

HOME.

now don't get me wrong, i will always be a colorado girl at heart, and i have mannnny people there who are NEAR and DEAR to my heart who are still there. but the first two months of living in utah have been a slow and steady pace of getting better and better. i'm running at a good rate at feeling more comfortable around these people, around this place. i'm beginning to feel like the salt lake city rock is my family, that i'm a part of it all. and i know that will change even more tonight, when i begin serving in the children's church with my darling fiance. i know i'm putting on my big girl pants when i refuse to follow zach around after the service is over, waiting for someone to talk to me. i know that all these things that felt awkward and were hard to do at first, really paid off. and i know that God's grace is all over it.

i feel established. which is pretty funny, because i will be making a move to a place with my soon-to-be-husband in just a few short months. however, i feel comfortable at home, growing in love for my roommates and for Jesus. i feel comfortable at work, like a part of the staff, understanding the way things work around the office. i feel okay when i'm driving and i don't take out the GPS because i am getting the system of how the streets work and which direction is south. i know God's grace is all over it.

the best thing, however, is the relationships that are beginning to form. God made it clear i was going to live here, he directly answered my prayer there. but i never knew that maybe, just maybe, i NEED these Christians in my life. i need to connect with people that are similar to me and share the love of Jesus with. God has been incredible in bringing amazing women into my life to laugh with, to talk with, to learn from, and to grow with. this is my FAMILY and it looks like i'm going to be here a while, so i can't wait to see what God does with these and how they change my life. God's grace is all over it.

and i have to say, i am loving to see zach and i grow as a couple. i love seeing his face every day, and doing the day-to-day tasks that we might as well get used to doing together. i love taking lunch breaks at work and getting to hang out with him for those thirty minutes. i love going on saturday bible and workout adventures for an extended period of time. i love learning from him, i love being challenged by his humility and other attributes i seem to lack. :) i love the idea of a future with this man, and i'm so thankful it's finally here...our life together in this process of becoming one. God's grace is all over it.

amazing Grace, how sweet the sound. :)