Why the weird title?

Hello, and welcome to the official blog of Matthew and Sarah Martin! We decided to start this blog so that our friends and family can follow us as we move into a new chapter of our lives and move away from most everyone that we know. I have always thought blogs were a bit odd (and quite frankly the name blog makes no sense to me) but I decided this was a really good way to keep our loved ones updated on our goings on.  I also hope that this blog can serve as a spot where I can air out some of my ponderings and ideas as well as share how the Lord is working in my and Sarah's life. I dont claim to be a scholar or a theologist, but I hope that the things that are written here can have an impact on somebody's life for the Kingdom of the Lord.

As you probably know, Sarah and I recently graduated from Penn State where I also received my commission in the U.S. Army. We have spent the summer living and working in the State College Area, but that chapter has come to an end. In about a week, Sarah and I will be leaving our little basement apartment in Bellefonte and making our way down to Ft. Lee Virginia (next to Petersburg) where I will be beginning a 4 month officer's training course on how to be an Ordnance Officer. Sarah will be continuing to work with Penn State Clearinghouse, but with a promotion that allows her to work from home. It was truly a blessing from the Lord that Sarah got offered the position that allowed her to work from home, as the job can come along with us on the move and saves her from having to find an interim job for the next 4 months. Praise the Lord!

Some of you may be wondering what the heck the name of our blog means and why we chose it. Well, I will tell you. I wanted a title that explained what the blog was about and some how had our name in it, since this blog is about us. When I was pondering what I would be writing about, I thought about how life typically goes for Sarah and I. And the two words that popped into my head  were: melodies and mishaps. Those two words can basically sum up life for us. Some days are melodies: good days or times when we are being led by the Holy Spirit, and our day is a melody to the Lord. Other days seem to be full of mishaps: things seem to just not be going right or we just aren't pursuing the Lord like we know we should be. So, with this in mind, I thought that a cool twist to our blog would be that every post would be tagged with either Melody or Mishap as we share how the day was.

So, thank you to those of you who read this and I hope I haven't bored you to sleep. The next post will hopefully be less informational and more conversational. Thanks for stopping by!