Oh Can't you See What Love Has Done?

This is my new and first blog. I have watched my sister blog for a long time and she is my inspiration to start this. I envy how she can take her thoughts and articulate them so well in her blog. This is my attempt to do the same.

The title of my blog is Oh Can't You See What Love Has Done? I can't explain it all right now (and I wouldn't want to because that's what this blog is for) but love has truly changed my life. The love of Christ, the love of my husband, the love of my sister and her husband. I have experienced God's love and grace in a totally new and freeing way. It's been "a gracious awakening". Through this awakening, I am discovering a new reality, which reveals things that are pleasant and a few that aren't so pleasant. I am learning to be ok with my reality. All too often life, the church, our egos, all of the above can force me to sugar coat my reality into something it isn't. Well, then it's not reality anymore is it now? And by reality, I am not just talking about one thing. I am meaning my whole self, my situations, my thoughts, my fears, everything. The reality of Courtney. And I am learning that what's real in my life is what God is wanting me to experience and embrace. If I make poor attempts to cover up what's really going on, or who I really am, then I am missing out on the life and freedom Christ intends for me. So being real is my goal in this blog. It's a big step for me. I am not just now learning this in my life, but I am just now writing about it. It's been a process that has slowly been unfolding in me. Now it's time for me to share.