Praise and Prayer

A few weeks ago my husband asked me, "what is your dream day"? I love questions like this.

Without planning or really realizing that we were creating this day, this past weekend, we had a dream day! On Saturday morning, we let our bodies naturally wake up. Okay, Okay, I let my body naturally wake up the the glare of the beautiful sun in our window and then eagerly woke my husband like it was Christmas morning. If I would have let the boy sleep, he would have the entire day:). 

We enjoyed a restful morning in our new home with our favorite Sleeping Monk coffee and playing with our dog in the yard. Then, got ready for a little adventure. We packed up bikes and headed up to Woodenville Wine Country, where we did wine tasting, sat on the lawn for lunch and went bike riding along the river. I see why we used to ride bikes so much as kids. Why did we ever stop? We had such a great time and laughed, a lot! We polished the day by making a great meal with crab legs, fish, sweet potatoes, zucchini and corn on the cob.

All together, from start to finish, it was an awesome day! I felt so blessed to have this time with my husband.

It felt like the Lord new we needed that day and gave it to us as a gift. In our season of engagement, a wise pastor advised Garrett and I to commit to the first year of our marriage as our ministry and to really spend time investing in each other with face to face time. Of course, He acknowledged that this is a lifelong thing but very important focus to have in our first year building the groundwork for our ministry of marriage. We are continually learning more about what this looks like to balance time with the Lord, each other, our community, our families, in service and work. 

My praise is for great time with my husband and Jesus meeting us right where we are, "For such a time as this..."

My prayer is for our eyes to remain steadfastly to Christ and our ears to listen to Him as we endure health trials. This week I had an endoscopy. The doc took some biopsies but at first sight, everything in the stomach looked good. Next week, I'll have a HIDA test to look at my gallbladder. The location of the right side abdominal pain paired with movement of sharp pains to the lower back and upper shoulder blade, nauseousness, an elevated liver count and digestive complications has the doctor concerned about the gallbladder. 

"And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your teacher." Isaiah 30:20