Anniversary Thoughts

So as of today I have been married for one year.  This got me thinking...I knew nothing a year ago.  One year ago I was a 21 year old that just got back from Cambodia looking to graduate college.  I was just getting married and thought that I had everything all figured out.  One year later I'm not where I thought I would be (which is a very very very good thing) with my wife, at a church that I love, and still figuring out what it means to be a husband and a pastor.  

I think that a lot of times those of us who have been Christ followers for a little while think we know God's plan, what it means to be a Christian, and think we know God.  I have been a Christian now for 4 1/2 years and I can see just how far God has taken me in that short time.  Guess what...3 years ago I thought I knew it all (but I didn't)....2 years ago I thought I knew it all (but I didn't)...We all need to take some time and realize where we are and how far God has taken us.  We need to thank God for what He has done and remember that "the best is yet to come" for us as Christ followers and for us specifically as a church.  We have nowhere but up to go because we have God's promise.  Not to mention that we are on a roll lately that is completely a God thing.