1000 Days, 1000 Gifts from God

1000 Days Married...and they said we wouldn't last, hehe ;)
It's hard to believe it's been 1000 days! In some ways it feels like yesterday we were first introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Josef Varga. Funny thing is, we found out through a text message sent from our beloved Coco (aka my mom). We happened to be in San Antonio enjoying family, friends, and funnel cakes - hence the rodeo pic...yee haw!

We can already see how we have grown so much, and I can honestly say that I fall in love with Josef more and more every day. Daily we both choose to love each other with our words and actions, and we make the effort to learn more and more about how to serve each other better. We don't claim to be perfect at it, especially when we're tired or one of us is hungry (I'll admit it's me ;) but that motivates us to wake up and try again tomorrow. It's impossible to describe all that has happened in our marriage journey so far, but to sum it up - God's strength is perfect and His grace is sufficient. He provides, He blesses, He heals, and most importantly, He loves us more than we could ever love each other. All glory to Him for carrying us to day 1000 and day 1001, 1002, 1003...and so on :)

Varga Valentines

It occured to us Sunday afternoon that we had always been in College Station on February 14th, so this year was a first for us. Though we loved our years in Aggieland, we both agree this has been the best Valentine's yet! We started the day early with our first Sunday volunteering on the technical team for our church. Setting up the stage, running cables, and operating the light board...ah, feels like home :) We then ventured out to the Long Center for Ballet Austin's production of La Sylphide. Before picking up Italian take-out (our Valentine's tradition) we explored Austin a little more by taking a drive down S. Congress - probably the heart of the "weird city" we call home ;)

Enjoying the breeze and incredible views from the Long Center

In our seats waiting for the ballet to start!

A Valentine's kiss for Mr. Varga :*

Beautiful downtown Austin

Happy Valentine's Day!

Table for Two, Separate Checks

The ultimate define the relationship (dtr for short) comes the moment the server delivers the check...together, separate, he pays, she pays? So many options. While Josef and I haven't been at this particular crossroads for quite some time - it is the best way I can think of to describe our current place in life. We are blessed to have entered into a commitment with God that will keep us at this table together forever. Lately, however, I've been wondering if God remembers that. I don't mean to imply he's pulling us apart. Rather, Josef and I seem to be getting different "bills" from the Lord, or callings on our hearts that are different from each other. I often have to reassure myself,"God knows we're married,He told us to get married, He surely has a perfect plan for us together." Yet, I'm still waiting...

God doesn't completely separate everything. Just like the bowl of queso or the brownie sundae, he gives us equal responsibility and direction in some areas. The most common thought we share is that God is definitely preparing us for something and more specifically preparing us to choose His way or the world's way. Sounds like an easy answer, after all, this is what brought us together in the first place. But as many who have been in this position can atest, it is often the hardest. Inevitably it never comes in the way we think it will and because the question is different, we suddenly second-guess our previously prepared answer. Double sided coins and forks in the road seem to sit between us and the perfect plan we trust is there. "What if's" have become our new introduction to almost any conversation in our home and our chosen path for the future seems to be all we think about. The positive side: all these different ideas floating around has made us more open than we've ever been to what He has for us - because goodness knows we're not attached to any one thing for more than 5 minutes. With open hands, we continue to ask what He has for us and trust He will ignite our hearts for what burns in His. This isn't the first time we've felt this way and it surely won't be the last, but we keep faithfully asking: "Check please."