the week, the work, and the women who give up

the week was pretty fantabulous

even though it started off with a loss

a 49er loss to the Giants                                         

we were smiling because we got to                      

wear our fan-girl outfits                               

sadly us three girls had no idea                          

what was going on unless one                                     

of the guys moaned in football-loss-agony   

                   

but by Tuesday we managed to pick 

ourselves up and meet a friend in downtown

but not just any friend, an old co-worker friend,

an awesome friend, a pick-up-right-where-you

left-off kind of friend, a BAKER friend

and to top it all off, it was a gorgeous day

 the last week two weeks have been devoted to                               

working through Habakkuk                                             

Hab-a-kkuk                                               

Ha-bak-kuk,                                                  

its still up for debate                                                

 but in all seriousness, have you ever studied it?                           

I hadn't, and I wish i wouldn't have waited so long                 

its so good, so rich with truth on                                           

 God's holiness                                                 

God's goodness                                                

 God's patience                                                       

God's justice                                                      

 God's sovereignty                                                  

and of course THE GOSPEL                                    

are you in need of a dose of those truths?                     

read it, study it, and pray the last two verses                

you'll be glad you did   

                                                

while I studied Habakkuk

 Aidan studied the letter L

L-for-Ladybug, in case you were interested

     And it was ladybug everything

 ladybug cutting, ladybug writing,

ladybug crafting, ladybug matching

 in fact i wouldn't mind if i never looked

at another ladybug again

thankfully I won't see one this week

 because we're now on the letter M

   and I'm really excited

   because in our curriculum

    the theme for M is M&Ms!

  its taken apples, butterflies, caterpillars,

   dinosaurs, elephants, fish, gumballs, hippos,

 inchworms, Jesus, kites, and ladybugs to finally

    get to CHOCOLATE!

And i'm totally thankful for chocolate

but even before that

I'm thankful that my friend got to bring her baby boy home from the hospital on Friday

I'm thankful that our dear friends made it to Scotland safely to 

begin the work the Lord's called them to
 I'm thankful for the pastries our friend treated us to when he spotted us in the store on Saturday

I'm thankful for the babysitter God provided to watch my girls at bible study 

 I'm thankful for the gift we were given so we could have dinner out as a family last night

and I'm thankful for the women who give up

I was thinking about my sister-in-law who is now a military wife

who's really excited to see her husband today return from some training

which got me thinking about another military wife friend of mine

who had to say goodbye to her husband last week when he was deployed

and i'm so grateful for the men and women who give up their lives

but this week I found myself REALLY grateful for the 

women who give up their husbands

and the men who give up their wives 

so they can give up for us

Thank You