I'm back :)

Wow... Almost a month to the day. Sorry about that!
Since we were here last...
We heard our Little's heartbeat for the first time :)
Went on vacation and saw my wonderful family and really enjoyed them! Oh how I miss them.
Had fun working on photography with my beautiful sister-in-law and her beautiful sister. :)
I got a new vacuum cleaner. hahaha. I know weird thing to be excited about, but it doesn't make scary noises like its gonna blow up any second. And it seems to work really well for picking up the pet hair :)
Ummm... Slept? Cooked? Ate? And I'm sure a few things I'm not thinking of. :P
James and I are needing to buy a lawn mower (still!)... And will need to make a decision on that soon. Hopefully before the grass is as tall as us! Ok I'm exaggerating a bit, but it is really bad. I think if there was a zombie attack we would totally be the safest re:plants vs. zombies. :D We'll need to do research and hopefully find one on sale since it is/is nearing the end of the summer season.
And we should probably start purchasing baby furniture and items now so we're not hit with all of those expenses at once.
I'm trying not to let things stress me out..... Mostly finances right now. God will provide what we need, and my husband is so amazingly confident in that fact. I wish I could be as well. In time, I hope.

Blessedly, the weather has changed to something cooler and more manageable for my hot-summer-loathing self. I've been able to wear jeans! and not feel like I'll melt at any second when I step a foot out the door (or even open the door for that matter)! I've pulled some weeds that had grown far too tall on the one side of our back deck (not overworking myself). And had a couple lunches out there with the dogs. It's been so lovely. And now we're getting rain :D The drizzly pretty kind that I can walk out in without lighting striking at any moment. :P I'm really enjoying this week.


I have been reading the Bible via a read-through-in-a-year plan on my phone. Which has been good, but I haven't been digging deeper... Which I know I need to.

We left off in Hebrews 6.
I'll move right ahead I guess.

vs 9

"Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are confident of better things in your case--things that accompany salvation."

So even after the dire warning of the last set of verses, the writer is saying that he doesn't think that will be the case for the recipients of his letter. That their lives show evidence of the things of salvation.

vs 10-12

"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised."

Here the author shows why he is confident that they have salvation.
God remembers everything that we have done and the love that we have shown toward him and his people. We should all persevere to the end to make our hope of salvation sure. We aren't to become lazy. Which is, what? Complacent? Stuck in a rut? Thinking we're ok as-is and stopping our growth and learning? So, instead of all that, we should mimic those that have inherited what they were promised. They did it through faith and patience. Both of which aren't quite as easy as they sound. So we should have faith and be patient to receive what has been promised.

And that concludes today's post... in a probably quite ungraceful way. If you can forgive me. :)