Walking on Wednesday

One of the things that Steve and I are most looking forward to in this next journey in our life together is setting aside the time to be physically, emotionally, and spiritually disciplined.  Frankly, we are tired of other parts of daily life becoming the priority over these three things.  It is so easy to put these things on the back burner when worried about the mile-long things-to-do list staring in our faces.  But we feel as though a physically healthy body, an emotionally healthy marriage, and a spiritually healthy soul are three top priorities to making our dream a reality.

We have always enjoyed exercise and, more recently, we have both been more in The Word.  We can easily see the benefits of these two things.  But, putting our marriage before even our own childrens’ needs is something that we want to work more on. We believe that our marriage should come first, but children have a way of unintentionally becoming priority numero uno without us even realizing it before it is too late.  So, just as we would train for a marathon, we feel as though we need to be in constant marital unity, as well as spiritually training our hearts, so that this journey can best glorify God.  Because for us, that’s what this is all about!

How are we going to accomplish all these things, and run a business and pursue the ministry?  Well, it helps that both of us are very driven.  I know we won’t be lazy in these respects.  But with how crazy life can get, and how discouraging life can be sometimes, we must make sure we are constantly exercising our heart, mind, and soul. We feel that in order for us to succeed,  we need to make sure that we are scheduling the time that will allow us to become stronger in our faith, first and foremost, then in our marriage, and then in our own personal health. Right now, Steve is working on putting together a weekly schedule that will cover everything from Bible studies in the morning, to “social media” time at various points in the day, and everything in between. We want to make sure we are being intentional in our home, and prioritizing our daily Bible study/reflection time, gym/exercise time, and our Stacy and Steve time. The schedule for me is essential to being fit and disciplined on all accounts.

We are excited to start this journey, and at the very least, see how focusing on these things will help to further bond our family together.  Over the next couple of months, we plan to blog weekly about these three things in particular.  We would love for you to tune into our “Walking on Wednesday” posts that will be starting in June.  These posts will include our daily walk in things such as Bible studies and devotionals, and how certain Bible verses apply to all of our lives, posts on marriage, and things that have worked or didn’t work for us along the way, workout successes in our training (I will be doing Crossfit and training for the Ragner Relay), workout plans, goal setting/reaching, and much more.  Steve, who is an amazing writer, will be blogging too!  We hope you stay tuned to these posts, and if you want to share personal stories about your walk in these areas, we would love to hear from you!