In one month ...
+ I learned that Jeffrey and I are great traveling buddies for the reason that we both hate making any kinds of stops. If I could, I'd travel to the destination point without a single stop, but too bad for bathroom/gas breaks.
+ I quickly realized that even though I feel pretty comfortable with my new fam, I'm not all too comfortable. It's a weird little feeling. When I went to annual conference, a friend advised me to "just embrace it." And it's weird because that's something I used to always tell myself before and then I guess I just forgot. My family has been so kind and patient as I transition into this new season and to be honest, they don't even make me feel like a "nyaab" ... they just make me feel like another person adopted into their family.
+ I've looked forward to going to sleep and waking up next to my husband each day and it really is the best. I heard it all the time, but y'all, it really is the best thing ever and the even greater thing is that this doesn't even begin to compare to what God intended for us in marriage in light of eternity. Yes, it's such a gift to be with Jeffrey forever and I so enjoy it, but all I can think about is how God intended for more and greater things to be delighted in when we are in the fullness of who He is inside the context of marriage.
+ A week after marriage, I was expressing to Jeffrey this idea of intimacy. When you've gotten to experience intimacy with another person inside the lines of marriage, it's a wonderful thing and it can't be known outside of itself (if that makes any sense at all). There are no words that can be put together to describe it and that's why it's meant to be saved for something so sacred as marriage. Hence why people come out so emotionally bruised after having experienced any kind of intimacy with another person, again, outside the context.
+ I've talked with a bunch of pastor's wives about marriage/life and a theme that occurred frequently was a loss of identity that came with marriage and children and being with a church. We're not anywhere close to having children and/or moving to be with a congregation just yet, but Jeffrey has been one heck of a considerate husband. He's guided me well in transitioning into this new place, served me in areas that I lack in, and he's continually assured me of who I am in this place.
+ Missing my family hasn't stopped, but it's gotten better and that's good news; that it does get better. Even better news is that I'll be seeing them in a few weeks to celebrate my brother's wedding. We finally booked tickets and I'm stinkin' excited.
+ The job searching has begun! It's been a fun season living an unemployed life, but I'm in need of a routine! This is the part where we just get to live life.
So that's been a month of marriage in a very small nutshell.
+ I've looked forward to going to sleep and waking up next to my husband each day and it really is the best. I heard it all the time, but y'all, it really is the best thing ever and the even greater thing is that this doesn't even begin to compare to what God intended for us in marriage in light of eternity. Yes, it's such a gift to be with Jeffrey forever and I so enjoy it, but all I can think about is how God intended for more and greater things to be delighted in when we are in the fullness of who He is inside the context of marriage.
+ A week after marriage, I was expressing to Jeffrey this idea of intimacy. When you've gotten to experience intimacy with another person inside the lines of marriage, it's a wonderful thing and it can't be known outside of itself (if that makes any sense at all). There are no words that can be put together to describe it and that's why it's meant to be saved for something so sacred as marriage. Hence why people come out so emotionally bruised after having experienced any kind of intimacy with another person, again, outside the context.
+ I've talked with a bunch of pastor's wives about marriage/life and a theme that occurred frequently was a loss of identity that came with marriage and children and being with a church. We're not anywhere close to having children and/or moving to be with a congregation just yet, but Jeffrey has been one heck of a considerate husband. He's guided me well in transitioning into this new place, served me in areas that I lack in, and he's continually assured me of who I am in this place.
+ Missing my family hasn't stopped, but it's gotten better and that's good news; that it does get better. Even better news is that I'll be seeing them in a few weeks to celebrate my brother's wedding. We finally booked tickets and I'm stinkin' excited.
+ The job searching has begun! It's been a fun season living an unemployed life, but I'm in need of a routine! This is the part where we just get to live life.
So that's been a month of marriage in a very small nutshell.
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