Today I celebrate my second year of marriage to by best friend, Michelle.

It’s sort of like a “second New Year.”

We take the time to write each other a letter, reviewing the previous year, and dreaming about the year to come.  As many of you readers know, Michelle and I do not taking living lightly!  As Thoreau said, we intend to “suck the marrow out of life.”  As Scripture says, “to live life to the full.”

Today I want to share with you the highlights of this past year of marriage.  For all you singles who think marriage is for old losers- I hope you’ll come to realize that some of us still know how to party  We’ve been blessed to live an INSPIRED year.

There are moments in life that MARK us for eternity.  They change the course of our lives, and more often than not, we don’t even seen them coming.  A total of ZERO milestone events that occurred this year were planned by either of us.  I hope this will inspire you to chase the goose.

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***Author’s Note:  I wrote this rant two weeks ago and only now do I have the courage to post it.  Comments appreciated.  My wife and I have been talking late into the night about something lately.  It’s a matter that concerns us deeply…

Little girls with big dreams.

Now they’re big girls with no dreams.

Now they just want to “get married and have a family.”

Dreams? Gone.

Vision? Blurred.

Calling? Shelved.

I call it “The Baby-Shaken Syndrome.”

For the record, there’s nothing wrong with having babies. I want eight.  And two three(!) of my best friends are pregnant right now, and I’m overjoyed for all of them.  Kids are a gift from God, and are totally worthy of being treasured.

But there’s something that distracted young married future-mamas seem to forget:

God gave women the parts to make babies. But God also gave women the hearts to change the world.

Dunno if you’ve noticed or not, but approximately half the population can give birth.

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Actually, we’re leaving on an Airbus, which is way more awesome than a jet plane.  With the amazing help of Lea, Jess, Shelley, and Cody, we managed to do the entire move in 10 hours.

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Dear Reader,

If you are familiar with John Maxwell, you’ll know that his newest book. ‘Put Your Dream to the Test’ has been about 20 years in the making. He knew he couldn’t publish it until he had the integrity and foundation to do so. He hit the bullseye on this one.

A word of warning- this book is full of:
-concepts that will distract you from your work
-questions that won’t let you sleep at night
-quotes so inspiring that you’ll commit them to memory

Using a wide range of stories, both personal and historical, John challenges his readers to filter their dreams through a series of 10 questions. Put Your Dreams to the Test isn’t a playbook or a successful formula; it’s part workbook and part motivational manual, the best way I can describe this book is as a “motives purifier.”

While many people take a ‘get rich quick’ approach to achieving their goals, John offers no easy answers here. He extends advice like “pay the price early in your life” and (quoting Margaret Thatcher) “you may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” Nothing quick and easy about it, and John even explains why- because only a bar set high is one worth stretching for.

John’s promise proves true: if you are willing to put your dream to the test, you WILL see it and seize it.

GOD-WILLING!

Michelle and I are moving to Central America on Monday.

Then to British Columbia in September.

Then to Europe the following September.

We’re calling it our “Open Hand God Plan.”

For reals dawg.

DO NOT WORRY, The Sex Rev ain’t goin’ nowhere! I’m actively recruiting a few dozen new (and far more interesting) writers to take this thing to the next level. Michelle and I will still be posting as often as we find an internet connection, but we didn’t want to leave ya’ll hangin’ (like we have for the past few weeks, I apologize, it’s been NUTS around here!)

But right now you probably want to know the back story…

In November, Michelle and I heard God saying that “everything is about to change.” We did a 40 day fast, and at the end we felt God telling us that we were heading into a “season of learning.” That’s all we knew.

But then strange things started to happen:

Remember the story of the Hadal Snailfish?
We were feeling the pressure to conform to the pattern of this world?

Remember the post on The Worship Song That Doesn’t Exist?
We want our life to speak louder than words. We’re afraid that the world will see Jesus as a TALKING HEAD and not a MOVING BODY!

Remember The Chocolate Cake Myth and The White Picket Fence Dream?
We don’t want to live like that.

Shane Claiborne wrote something amazing in The Irresistible Revolution about the word “vocation.” It comes from the root word ‘vocas’ meaning “voice.” Your work should speak of who you are. Your job should reflect your voice. What you do should represent what you believe.

And we KNEW it was time for some major changes.

We gave notice to our landlord without even having a place lined up. We just knew we had to go.  My job ended before we had anything lined up.  We started giving away our stuff without fear of replacement.

There’s way more to our story and an even bigger reason why we’re moving, but you’re gonna have to read about that elsewhere…

It’s our newest project: DreamerOfYourDreams.com

We hope that you’ll follow our travels and the adventure towards our dreams… and hopefully you’ll be inspired to go after some of your own as well.

With all our love always,

Jay and Michelle Brock