good, good friday.

"Alas, and did my Savior bleed
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a sinner such as I?
Was it for sins that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown
And love beyond degree

My God, why would You shed Your blood
So pure and undefiled
To make a sinful one like me
Your chosen, precious child?

Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut His glories in
When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
For man, the creature’s, sin
Thus might I hide my blushing face
While His dear cross appears
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness
And melt my eyes to tears."

and, we're done!

I honestly never thought that I would be saying this! Not because I didn't think that my sweet husband was capable but because it was challenging and expensive and life still seemed to go on all the while Adam was in school. It felt like eventually all of the work and busyness would catch up to us and we'd have to quit, but my goodness, God's faithfulness to us has been incredible! From real financial stress, to sleepless nights filled with homework and crying babies, to days without really seeing each other, to sacrificing wants for needs, learning how to live more frugally, learning how to open ourselves to our church-family, to really growing and developing a tangible love for The Lord. Seeing our weaknesses, our empty bank accounts, our inability to manage stress well, our lack in parenting and love for one another, has caused us to see the inverse of God's strength, provision, steadfastness and intimate care for us and we are thankful that this is the means that He has taught us to trust Him more.

The Lord has sustained us for four long years of Seminary! Adam has been a full-time student, worked full-time (between multiple jobs) so that I can stay home with our boys, been a kind, loving, forgiving and encouraging husband, has been faithful in our desires to grow our family, been a loving, engaged and tender disciplinary for our children, he has been a committed friend, devoted to his studies, grown in a desire to understand God's word and to see it proclaimed and I am beyond grateful and proud that he is mine!

We're moving!

We are moving! Again! We have moved every year that we have been married and even though moving is stressful and annoying, we are so excited! As The Lord has grown us, he has faithfully grown our home (no, we're not pregnant ;)) and we couldn't be more thrilled to be moving FOUR BLOCKS from our new church. We are excited to live so close to so many people that we go to church with-- living in that type of community with people, where you just bump into them at the store or run by their house real quick or even just meet them at the park, is really special to us. Plus, I love, love, love decorating our home... so, getting to do it all over again is a gift ;). 

Anyway, we are blessed and excited to be moving to the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland!