Love.

Bump and Nursery all coming along nicely!

Time seems to have flown by since my last post. We have had a real surge of activity trying to complete our baby's nursery in time for arrival. Of course this is made all the more difficult by the unknown that is arrival day! 

I feel a growing pressure to have it completed for two reasons.

1. Timing. I know once Baby B arrives we will have no little time to paint and prettify the room as lots of people keep reminding me.

2. Excitement. I want to see its completion because then there really is nothing else but meeting our baby. 

But with a husband who works ridiculously hard it is only on his rest days, which should be his sabbath, that we can actually get around to decorating. But oh, how lovely it is to spend the day with my best friend creating a space for our child. 

God has provided a man who loves Him first and then shows me such passionate love that I can't help but be excited about our future family life. My heart is truly bursting with love for this man. I am so thankful to God for providing a wonderful husband and father for our family. 

Sex, Marriage & Fairytales

EPHESIANS 5

 ²¹ Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

 ²² Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. ²³ For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. ²⁴ Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

 ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ²⁶ to make her holy, cleansing^[b] her by the washing with water through the word, ²⁷ and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. ²⁸ In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— ³⁰ for we are members of his body. ³¹ “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”^[c] 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.³³ However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

the end of week one.

This first week has been a learning curve for me.

I have to rest.

I have to look forward.

I have to cherish my time.

I have to remember how blessed I am.

During this week, Matt and I have been fortunate to be able to spend [lots of] time together. I am acutely aware that when our precious baby enters this world it will no longer be just us. Two become three. We will forevermore be parents.. mumma and dadda.. mum and dad.. mother and father. A true privilege. There is certainly no one else I would want to start on this great adventure with but I am also struck by the responsibility of parenthood.

Spending time with a friend over lunch led me to the question 'there must be more..?' and yes praise Jesus I know there is an eternity of hope and freedom but what about the here and now? I believe that the responsibility I have to my child extends much further than feeding, clothing and loving. My deepest desire is for our baby to know Jesus as saviour, but how?

Is it enough to tell stories, read the bible, pray and take them to church every Sunday? I need my whole life to reflect the presence of God in it. My passion for Jesus must be overflowing. Following our church's bible reading notes and reading Acts 27 today, I was struck by how true it is that how we display our faith  speaks volumes about our relationship with God. It's easy to follow Jesus when life is good but I need to watch out for the times where I am challenged.

I am praying for peace in my heart regarding our finances during this changing time in our life. I must remember that this is God's plan I am following. Which is truly exciting.

the beginning of lent.

Pancakes are a great way to use up what was traditionally fasted during lent.

Supposedly anyway. I had to buy flour and eggs so we could enjoy them.

And tomorrow lent begins. The obvious question is 'what are you giving up?'. Chocolate. Biscuits. Facebook. All worthy vices perhaps but how about starting something meaningful instead?

I've decided to sow into my prayer life during lent this year. Everyday I'm committing to praying at a certain time. Here's hoping this will develop my relationship with Him and strengthen my prayer life after lent too.

It has always been a desire of mine to show my children how to live a life with Jesus but perhaps I'm gonna need to make it much more visible for my baby and so this is a start.

We'll see how it goes.

numero uno

First blog.

No pressure.

Since the discovery of our pregnancy last August, I have come across many blogs all about being a mummy and all of them I have read with interest and intrigue. When you find yourself in a situation you hadn't quite anticipated at that time (although we do honestly know how blessed we really are to be here!) reading anything and everything you can about said situation feels like an imperative.

The blogs I have read range from everyday life for a family to serious tips for raising a child. Every single one has made a difference to me. All of these blogs have inspired me to write my own.

I intend to document the life my family and I lead and if it speaks to only one person, just one time, about something simple then I will be happy.