things are hard now as i struggle with a new job. there is much to be thankful for though. “rejoice in the Lord…”
Entries from September 2006
with thanksgiving
23 September 2006 · Leave a Comment
this is three months of marriage for us. not always easy but good. we went out for dinner to celebrate. i wore the dress that i had worn home from the wedding and matt wore a tie. read: special occasion.
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great expectations
21 September 2006 · Leave a Comment
when we get home from work in the evenings my husband loves to ‘debrief’. he wants to tell me about his day, what he has learned, what he is pondering, what he is feeling. i like to make dinner clean things a little, kind of destress. i ‘don’t mind’ listening but i like to get things done and i can be pretty task focused. i see doing these things as serving him. he wants to be affectionate, he wants my attention. i am just beginning to get this; we ‘missed’ each other this evening. i saw it clearly because i was frustrated. it humbled me to realize that my patient husband doesn’t complain when i do not give him what he desires emotionally but it is hard for me to be as patient when i feel neglected. see, i like to cuddle, to debrief, to focus on each other later in the evening. and tonight, as i was ready for us time, he was all excited about the thai coup. all this to say, my intentions may have been good but they were selfish. and God doesn’t call us to selfishness. just the opposite.
paul communicated God’s thoughts on love. “love…does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.” furthermore, from john, “beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” it is manifested that i know God when i love.
i need to reflect more on peter’s words also. italic are mine. “…but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. for this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their husbands, as sarah obeyed abraham, calling him lord.”
i want to have a quiet and gentle spirit because it is very precious in God’s sight. there is something to marvel at.
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cake cutting
16 September 2006 · Leave a Comment
Originally uploaded by victoria_mia.
all credit for wedding photos goes to nathan watkins and kevin russ.
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grandma faye
16 September 2006 · Leave a Comment
this is matt’s step step great grandma!
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after wedding pic
16 September 2006 · Leave a Comment
more pictures from the wedding!
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