9 weeks...

Its been about 9 weeks since she left for El Salvador. And it has been the longest 9 weeks of my life....some of the best weeks of my life...but some of the hardest. I feel like my better half, the one person who probably knows me better than anyone else, is missing and she is. She is serving the Lord in El Salvador. She is the candle in the dark place and I am so excited that she gets to be there! It is selfish of me to wish she was back in the states so that I could call her a million times a day just to talk about the same thing over and over..haha... She is and will always be my best friend. Today is a lonely day for me and that is why I miss her even more, but it dawned on me tonight as i was thinking that i was making her a top priority, when I should be making GOD my top priority. He is the one who will always be there...until then end of time and for eternity. It is easy to get caught up in the things of this world. I laughed at myself when it occurred to me that the statement people make about its easy to love God in the easy times, but when it gets tough we turn to other things or people to fill the hurt. So this time of loneliness is really one of the best gifts given to me. I am continually learning to put my trust in my Heavenly Father, rather that things of the world. HARD lesson for me to learn today.