Exactly seven years ago, I walked uncertainly into the gym of CGC for the first time. Louis Chieng had invited me to open-gym volleyball there, and since I had just moved to St. Louis and didn't know anyone except Louis, I thought, why not? I hardly noticed a guy on the other team, kind of awkward-looking in outdated clothes with weird hair. Who would've thought that 7 years later, I'd be married to this wonderful man? :)

It's funny how God, in his infinite sovereignty, orchestrates every detail of our lives to work out. Even though he has proven himself time and time again, we still have trouble trusting that the omnipotent, omniscient, omni-present God has a plan for us, not to harm us but to prosper us -- plans to give us hope and a future. If we would just call upon him and seek him with all of our hearts, we'll find him and he will deliver us! Isn't that amazing?

¹¹ "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ¹² Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."

-Jeremiah 29:11-13