The adventures of a girl and her cat

When we first got Ashes there was an instant bond

Even Jake approved of her.

She loves Matt.

She loves me 

And she LOVES the outdoors.

Thankfully she loves us just a little bit more than the outdoors so she comes home ;)

Just like family

I love the people in our Bible study! I am not sure what I would do without these people. I am so thankful that God created us to be in a community with one another. Last night we talked about the story of David and Jonathan. If you haven't read this story it is in 1 Samuel 18. 

"When David had finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan committed himself to David, and loved him as much as he loved himself. "

In some translations it says "loved him as much as his own soul." Can you imagine loving a friend in that way? When we first read this we were talking about how we would consider that a "homosexual" love but the more we read the more we realized that this kind of a bond between men is discouraged in our culture. Men are taught from a young age that being a man means that you don't need anyone. To be transparent with someone is to show weakness. God did not make us to live like this. 

Last night I tried to imagine what it would be like to be completely transparent with my close friends. At first I became frightened that they might not like me anymore. I was afraid that they may not like the person that I really am. Then I became excited at the bond that I would be able to have with them. What a wonderful example of Christs love. 

Home!

My husband and I have a house! We actually have been here for almost 2 months now and we are LOVING it! I finally feel like I have a place to call home. Before we bought the house we were living in a very small one bedroom apartment. After approximately one week I was done with the tight living quarters.  Our apartment was in the basement with one window and one sliding glass door. The small amount of light that would have been let in was covered by a big shady tree. I became depressed very quickly. It's amazing how important it is to have sunshine! Thankfully our house has nice big windows in every room (I probably wouldn't have bought it if it didn't).

We are SO blessed!