two more sleeps...

With this post, i thee inform that we have two more sleeps until our big day.... the sunshine is pouring in the front window, illuminating all the dust motes circling around lazily in the living room - the housework has gone a bit downhill i'm afraid in light of all the other preparations to be made. 
As you can see from the photo, the countdown ticker is so low that i can barely cut it off anymore - we started at 100 and have snipped off a little piece everyday - Timothy's counter is now in the car so we have two places to cut things off everyday... a fun reminder of how time has passed slowly at times and yet has flown too...
Two more nights as a single lady... and then Mrs deVries... i'm so looking forward to it - i am full of lots of emotions right now - tiredness, joy, a little bit of nervousness, more joy, and a vague sense that probably somewhere along the way, something has been forgotten - but in the end, will it matter if there were bows on this or lights on that??  No, no amount of adornment, paper or food will change the fact that we will be husband and wife...starting a big new step on this journey of life... a journey we now make together, to support one another, love one another and start a home based on the Lord and His promises to be faithful even when times are tough, promising to bear us up on wings like eagles, that we may run and not be weary... walk and not be faint.  Help us, Lord to be leaning on you and not our own understanding, that in all our ways, we may acknowledge you and you will then make our paths straight - even if we don't always see precisely what direction we're going!
Trust and obey, for there's no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey!