Today

4. Today, February 16, 2014, was a wonderful day.

- up at 8:30 before husband to make coffee and breakfast for him, since he's got a cold and has to 'work' at church today
- sunshine!!!
- on my bike ELATED to head toward 9:30 service at HT
- feeling at home, hearing truth, delighting in worshipping with so many unique others, feeling my real self, enjoying praying and church once again, feeling EXCITED about the adventure and wonder that is the Christian life, renewed
- going right over to a friend who sells a magazine outside the church and saying 'you've got to come to church with me sometime soon, it's amazing!'; realizing that JOY is what spurs me to sharing the love and peace and delight I have in Christ, with others... this is what's been missing. I want to tell the world!
- went to the local-farm market stall and for 4.10 bought a GIANT stalk of brussels sprouts, some purple kale to try, cauliflower, and spinach
- went back to HT for the 11:30 service (halfway over when I got there but ah well!); saw a girl praying, went over to her after because a prayer came out of my mouth when she was praying, and told her what the prayer was. She wrote it down. We chatted, and hoped to see eachother again.
- went back home through town, with people staring and pointing and laughing and smiling and saying 'brussels sprouts!!' all the way
- cooked up a storm for over an hour, to make chips, mashed potatoes, meatless patties, bread, spinach and tomato, and kale chips.
- ate lunch with David and shared about church; walked around the garden a bit just to see it
- went on a bike ride to where we had our first kiss, rode around, ended up seeing the sports centre; it was so fun to be free like kids again!
- made decaf vanilla latte macchiato's with froth just like a coffee shop, so proud of myself! Then on our bikes and back to church again
- evening service was amazing, and I felt so at home again. went up for prayer at the end because I just wanted to say 'yes' to whatever it is that God may ask of me; just like when I lived in Cambridge before, a marvelous wondrous love-adventure for Him, that begins and ends and finds its strength and purpose and joy in Him alone, first in my heart!
- someone shared a testimony similar to husband's church placement experience; really encouraging
- seriously good line for me: "anyone who is not against you is for you" ... I hope this will help me in relating to husband's family in a loving and secure way
- saw prayer-girl from morning service again, went to say hello because I wanted to be her friend, gave her my number :)
- came home and tried to Skype his family but they weren't available, so I called my mom to chat.
- godmother is scared and sick; maybe I will go and visit her, she will call me when she has test results; I have such hope for her
- husband suggested we pray, especially for godmother, so we did and it turned into a wonderfully long and heartfelt and real prayer session. so good.
- winding down for bed now but it was such a wonderful day. :)

I love my married life because I love my married partner. I delight in both of us knowing Christ, and I really hope our marriage can be a way of glorifying Him and encouraging each other and loving others in His name. I love being exactly who I am in Christ, and being married and settled in that aspect of my life, in order to have a stability in a sense to love on others riding more waves in their situations and life seasons. This post is messy and joyful and disorganize, like life sometimes! But it's beautiful.

Like marriage. ;) My messy, joyful marriage which is not perfect and not always easy, but is simple and good and beautiful. My messy, joyful marriage which I love.