Rainbows and Butterflies

Happy Hump Day, guys! It has been a long, hot, and wet day here today, just like every other day for the last 75 months. It has also been a hard day. We have had quite a few of them here lately.

I started this blog a long while back and I have been pretty inconsistent with it. I know the reason for that is a fear of authenticity. If I'm going to write the blog, then I want to be real, but real ain't always pretty. And when you live in a small town, it's pretty risky feeling to put your ugly out for the world to see.

Tonight's post is driven by a desire to be real. Hopefully I won't regret it, and hopefully it will be the first in a long line of posts that you want to read because you can relate to the real life that we are living over here on the Back Porch.

Guess what else feels risky? Following your calling. Funny how saying you want to do God's will in your life and actually DOING God's will in your life are two TOTALLY different things. And I've learned in the last six-ish years that God will lead you to do some pretty crazy feeling things. He really doesn't care if  everyone thinks you've lost your mind. And I guess we have reached a point where, as long as we are living led by Him, we really don't either.

Three weeks ago (maybe three weeks? the days have sort of run together) my husband quit his job. He had felt led for some time to come home and work Back Porch Revival with me. But that was huge. And scary. And so we tried to ignore it and explain it away for a while. But he knew it was what he was being called to do and he finally couldn't ignore it any longer. I won't lie, it was scary then and it's still kind of scary now. That's called being human. It doesn't mean we don't have faith.

Let me tell you what else I won't lie about...it hasn't been all rainbows and butterflies for the last three weeks. We work very well together, but this has also been a HUGE adjustment for both of us. We are having to learn to live together 24/7/365. You know, there's a lot of things you can look past about a person when you know they're leaving in 3 days and won't be back for two weeks. And there's some stuff that just ain't that cute anymore when you know they're gonna be here 24/7/365...IM JUST SAYIN. 

And honestly, all the questions running through your head as you read this about how this is going to work, they're running through our heads, too. All we can do is have faith.

We have a lot of awesome things planned. New products, new adventures...new fights...c'mon, let's be realistic here. But we hope you tag along with us to see what happens next!

Much love from the Back Porch ❤️