The Final Countdown

Planting days left (theoretically): 2

Days left until I am married: 40

Relationship countdowns are actually kind of funny; when you first dating you count up the months, or only six months or a year. But I actually never got to celebrate the one year of dating because I was engaged before eleven months. When you engaged suddenly your counting down. But they you get married you start counting up again but only in year increments, and (so I heard) it is critical that you don't just round the number. Another interesting tidbit is that me and Heather are getting married on 18 months of when we 'officially' started dating. Just worked out like that.

This last week of planting has been on of the hardest of my whole career and a whole new issue. I am now injured. My body has decided to tap out with only a few planting days left. Both my back and my knees are worn right out. So this week I planted very little and had to deal with the frustration of being mentally able and physically not. God has been gracious enough to show me the lesson is all this pain and frustration, that my utter most identity is not in my ability as a pounder, or my wonderful relationship, or my intellectual abilities. Rather my identity is first that I am Redeemed of the Lamb.

~CHAD