Have you ever thought about what it would be like to meet Princess Kate?

As awkward as I can be around people I know, I can’t imagine how nervous I would be around “royalty”.  I’m sure I would try to act like I have it together but we know how that would turn out… not good… and she would probably look a little something like this:

So thankfully, I don’t think I’ll be meeting her anytime soon – but I do have a King that lets me approach whenever I need Him {and thankfully, no plane tickets required}!

I love that God tells us that we can come confidently to His throne and that while we are there, He’ll give us mercy and grace {and can we ever have too much of either of those?}.

Since I can’t physically approach His throne yet, I decided to try out something new a couple of months ago – writing out my prayers.  For me, writing has been the best way for me to approach the King {and when I say writing, I actually mean typing in my pages document called “prayer sheets”}.

I find that if I’m not writing something down {a to do list, goals, etc}, my mind tends to go in a million different places. And with writing I’m able to more fully focus on my Him and eliminate as many distractions as possible.

And y’all – what a difference it has made! It has been so good for me, to not only be consistent in my daily set aside time, but also to look forward to my prayer time now that I have found a way that helps me focus and give Him the attention He deserves.

What are some ways that you spend time in prayer?

You know what I love? Spending a morning sipping coffee with family and/or friends {bonus points if it’s my house and I can where my white robe}. There’s something so nice and simple about early morning light and quiet moments.

Yesterday I talked about how my faith had changed since July 7.  But really it started about 6 months before that. In the early mornings while sipping coffee with my Savior.

After we got engaged in December, I decided to start waking up earlier to spend time reading the Word and praying before I went to work.  Normally, I would just do it when it was convenient for me, and sometimes it didn’t even happen at all. As I prepared for the upcoming changes, I knew this was the last thing I need to leave off my to-do list.

Having a time set aside to spend with my Savior, the Lord began to show me this was the deepening our relationship needed. Quality time. Time to be renewed in Him. Some mornings it was through a passage that I read over and over instead of quickly glancing through, other times it was just talking to Him and really releasing my control over to Him.

When we began pre-marital counseling, the Lord kept reminding me that if I was spending the quality time with Him, my actions and thoughts will be more likely to reflect Him. If my first focus was my relationship with Him and acting like Him, I could be a better wife, helper, listener, friend to G {and of course, it doesn’t stop there – He challenges me to be a better daughter, sister, aunt, friend, co-worker, and even share His love to the strangers I encounter}.

Thank goodness He overflows.

And now a few months have gone by, the wedding and honeymoon are finished, and we are settling into life.

Although my daily schedule looks much different than it did four months ago, the routine of spending those quiet, early morning moments with my Savior has thankfully continued and He continues to restore me and make me new.

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?”

Jesus. More Jesus.

The first definition of faith that you’ll find online is complete trust or confidence in someone or something.

Complete trust or confidence.

Ohhh, that stings.

Soooo, I can’t put my trust in my new husband? Or confidence in G and his plan for us?

No, no I can’t.

When I said yesterday that one of the biggest changes I’ve seen in my life since becoming a newlywed was my faith, I meant it. It could be because I’m spending more one on one time with Him {more on that tomorrow} or maybe because I’m praying more {more on that Saturday}.

It’s simple but I complicate it. Spending more time with my God strengthens and deepens my faith –  just like spending more time with G deepens and strengthens our relationship.

I find it hard to comprehend that God wants to be a part of my messy life. But He does. He not only wants to be a part of it – He wants to be the center of it all.