2
Oct
2014
Elliot's Birthday Week II
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2.13.13
i have been feeling so overwhelmed lately. this crazy schedule is catching up with our family. the 3 nights apart weekly are taking their toll - they are stretching us, making us uncomfortable, and forcing more growth in our marriage. we are learning how to adjust, how to communicate more effectively, how to love each other better. it is hard, but already rewarding, as we can feel and sense the moments that are pushing us into a deeper and more sanctifying marriage.
last night was one of those moments for me.
i don't feel like pregnancy hormones have been anything unexpected, but the nausea is hard. i feel guilty for laying (or wanting to) on the couch all night and my seeming inability to stay on top of things. there is so much that i want to do, but i get home from work and just poop out.
i got home last night and decided to skip small group because i was feeling poorly, and when i walked into the house my jaw dropped. ross had completely detailed the whole house. he had organized and put away my piles of clothes and taken care of all my other messes. i laid on the bed and cried and felt so overwhelmed - this time though - overwhelmed by his love and patience with me, and my love for him. in that moment, i felt so incredibly grateful for my help-meet, my husband who knows me, and recognizes my changing needs. after snuggling in on the couch for an expected long night without him, he surprised me by playing hooky from school and coming back home for a night together.
we ended the evening together with an early-ish night in bed, and a conversation about ecclesiastes and the eternity and timelessness of god - we even pulled out the bible encyclopedia and vines to research the greek and hebrew words for eternity. olam.
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you are 8 weeks today! we told your grandpa and grandma mcdonald about you this past weekend. they were so excited, you wouldn't even believe it! grandma sends me texts during the week to check up on you and to let me know she is praying every day for you. you are so so loved by everyone who knows about you. we can not wait to meet you and teach you about jesus. he is the most precious thing in all the world! i know that one day you too will know about jesus and love him too. that will be the best day of our lives when you come to know jesus! it makes me so excited to think about it!!!!! keep growing strong, my love!!
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I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man. I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away. ~Ecclesiastes 3
2.13.13
i have been feeling so overwhelmed lately. this crazy schedule is catching up with our family. the 3 nights apart weekly are taking their toll - they are stretching us, making us uncomfortable, and forcing more growth in our marriage. we are learning how to adjust, how to communicate more effectively, how to love each other better. it is hard, but already rewarding, as we can feel and sense the moments that are pushing us into a deeper and more sanctifying marriage.
last night was one of those moments for me.
i don't feel like pregnancy hormones have been anything unexpected, but the nausea is hard. i feel guilty for laying (or wanting to) on the couch all night and my seeming inability to stay on top of things. there is so much that i want to do, but i get home from work and just poop out.
i got home last night and decided to skip small group because i was feeling poorly, and when i walked into the house my jaw dropped. ross had completely detailed the whole house. he had organized and put away my piles of clothes and taken care of all my other messes. i laid on the bed and cried and felt so overwhelmed - this time though - overwhelmed by his love and patience with me, and my love for him. in that moment, i felt so incredibly grateful for my help-meet, my husband who knows me, and recognizes my changing needs. after snuggling in on the couch for an expected long night without him, he surprised me by playing hooky from school and coming back home for a night together.
we ended the evening together with an early-ish night in bed, and a conversation about ecclesiastes and the eternity and timelessness of god - we even pulled out the bible encyclopedia and vines to research the greek and hebrew words for eternity. olam.
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baby arrow-
you are 8 weeks today! we told your grandpa and grandma mcdonald about you this past weekend. they were so excited, you wouldn't even believe it! grandma sends me texts during the week to check up on you and to let me know she is praying every day for you. you are so so loved by everyone who knows about you. we can not wait to meet you and teach you about jesus. he is the most precious thing in all the world! i know that one day you too will know about jesus and love him too. that will be the best day of our lives when you come to know jesus! it makes me so excited to think about it!!!!! keep growing strong, my love!!
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I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man. I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away. ~Ecclesiastes 3
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