Don't let the song go out of your life.

I read that simple statement one morning and the sweetness of this reminder struck a cord with me. 
It's been a season of waiting, transitioning, seeing God move in unbelievable ways and provide like only He can. But with every drop in the roller coaster of life, we're faced with a challenge and a choice - one I feel like I've come to know well in these last few months - to inward focus on outward circumstances or to praise. Simple as that. Will you dwell or will you praise?

I've never been good particularly at quieting my mind, maybe it's how this girls brain works in that it runs around thinking about five thousand things and never quite finding its space to be still, to simply listen and reflect. Stillness has always been a struggle for me, and yet I constantly find myself looking upon verse after verse saying to be still, to wait and see, to live with expectant hope- and its those kinds of moments I'm really leaning into learning through cause clearly God is pointing to something there. There is something in the stillness that I need to learn, that I need to grow in.

 And because of that, I'm finding myself questioning what if those thousands of thoughts instead of running through expectations, what ifs, dreams, plans, todo lists, and the countless other tangents swirling around my mind - what if it goes to praise? What if the song of my life isn't a song about me at all?

That's what I want & desire in this season and in my life more than anything. To let my song ring of His praise in every morning, evening, season, and storm. To wait with hope to see the great thing the Lord will do before me (1 Samuel 12:26) and to let my heart take courage to keep moving, keep making steps on faith that as I move I'm stepping into where He already is.

So whatever the song of your life is right now, my prayer is that it becomes a song of praise to a good, good Father who gives the most generous and extravagant love.

And remember, where ever you are in life and whatever season you may be in - don't let the song go out of your life.

xx
Jordyn

By: MEGAN DRAKE

This week I turned 25, or a quarter of a century as I like to call it, it sounds much cooler that way, but with turning 25 I have found myself in a quarter life crisis. I know we always talk about how to go against the status quo and live the big life God has intended for you on here, but the truth is, I struggle with it more than I like to admit, and way more than I write about.

In my crisis I have two trains of thought, on one hand I feel like I should have a career and my own house with a dog and a husband (I am going to be 25 after all and that is when everyone has their lives together, right?!) Or on the other hand I feel like I’m so young and I should do something crazy while I’m single and I don’t have a mortgage to pay or mouths to feed and go teach english in Africa or Tokyo or abandon any saving account I have and travel again. I don't know where $100 will get me, but I'll try and stretch it. In my mind there is no in between and all rationality goes out the window when I’m looking back on my life and looking ahead to the future.

Traveling and living in Ireland seems like it was so long ago that it didn’t even happen, I feel like I have done nothing with my education or my passions because the experience of those being tangibly put into practice seems so far off. Currently, I am a nanny for a four month old boy. I have always enjoyed nannying and I don’t know why I now feel like it’s not good enough.

On my way to the job I love but don’t want to stay at forever, I heard a song on the radio that I have never heard before, and one I can’t stop listening to since. Thy Will by Hilary Scott. In the song she sings her soul out to God. That she, in the midst of confusion and heartbreak and can’t seem to place a prayer together and all that she is able to pray is Thy will be done.

I want that to be the soundtrack of my life. I want God’s will for my life above all else, it is sometimes so hard to see clearly and hear soundly when there is so much noise in life. And to be honest, I am terrible for canceling it out. I love background noise. When I am working out, doing the dishes, cleaning my room, driving. And I love, love, love watching TV. Seeing that as I type I feel a bit lazy, but what the heck I’ll admit it. I love it. I watch every TV show there is, I have a Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime account just to keep up with them all. There are few moments in the day when I am silent. When I tune my ear to try and discern what God is telling me. But, now I hear myself uttering those three words when I get frustrated that I can’t seem to see past my current situations. Even amidst the noise I say:

Thy will be done.

Thy will be done.

Above all else that is what I want. And who am I to say it isn’t being a nanny for right now. Heck, Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers, promoted to a high position with Potiphar, thrown into prison because of a rumor, and waited 2 years for God to do as He said He would to raise him up to second in command to Pharaoh. And all along Joseph believed God would do just as He promised. It is all there for us to read in Genesis. I want to be more like Joseph and believe God when He says that He is with me and working all things together for my good.

So, instead of having a quarter life crisis, I am going to have a quarter life celebration and look back and see how God has been faithful and look ahead saying Thy will be done.

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Welcome to our new website!

We've got a lot of new things going on around here. New blog, new homes, new jobs, new tv show addictions, and quite a few new stories to share.

We're so excited after months of building, dreaming, and planning to share this new blog with you! While we loved If Money Was No Object and still strive to live by that philosophy, we realized it was time to venture into a new blog that goes beyond our travels & year abroad.

But first, for those of you who have stuck with us through the start of If Money Was No Object, we thank you and are so grateful for your love & support over the last few years. It is you that gave us the courage to write in the first place and to begin to pour our hearts into words. Thank you for walking with us as we ventured into our greatest dream yet and got to call a place so close to our hearts home for the last year.

And to those who are here for the first time, welcome! You've come at a good time. We're excited to share this new season of life with you and to see what it has in store.  

But just so you know, we're keeping to what we know. You'll still be getting a bit of everything, just as you used too, only we're coupling the goal of consistency with the desire for authenticity. We're still novices who only want to learn, dig deeper, and discover more of who God designed us to be and how we can use our voice to point back to Him and in order to do that we must commit and our intent is for this to be the place for that. 
Although, some things have changed. Instead of writing under the same roof, we're now learning the art of long distance as we continue to settle back into living in our hometowns and learn what it means to live out what we learned and who we now are in the places where we started. 

Megan in Colorado & Jordyn in California.

It was from this move that grew salty hair & thin air was born. We're excited for however this space turns out looking like and will continue to pursue our writing with the same purpose to connect and create a space where authenticity and vulnerability are valued above all else and a place we can share our lives & many of its details with you. 
So, welcome to our new home space of the digital world. Take a look around, settle in and stay a while. We're excited for what's to come and to discover the path the Lords set us each on as we create new homes with new perspectives.

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                                                              Jordyn & Megan