Sunday Scrapbook: Moments from the Week

 

Good morning, friends! Hope your Sunday is restful and encouraging! This week has been a mix of good and hard, and I am so profoundly thankful for Ryan and his steadiness every single day. I’m so glad to have him to listen, encourage, and support. Just wanted to say that before I share about our week. 

Last Sunday was super busy from start to finish, and there were many highlights I loved. But for this space, I’ll choose this: we were able to attend the graduation open house for one of my college roommate’s daughters. She has two daughters, and this is the second to graduate. We hadn’t seen Faith for a long time, and it was good to catch up with her for a bit again. I think her daughter and I have come a long way from the first time we met. What do you think?

Monday I had the privilege of meeting with one of the teens at our church – about baptism! It was a complete honor to get to hear her testimony and try to encourage her as she seeks the Lord and grows in Him! It was such a faith boost for me to get to hear her words!

Tuesday (as I mentioned in a post earlier this week) my new Hebrew Bible with commentary arrived in the mail, and it felt a little like Christmas in June! I’ve already started reading from it in conjunction with some of my studying, and I love what I’m learning! (Plus it’s just beautiful AND it smells good. New books for the win!)

This week has also had its fair share of challenges, and by Wednesday, my heart was weary. I worked from home in the afternoon, and Lexi found me and hopped in for some snuggles. It was just the medicine I needed! She’s been so good to us this week.

The Midwest was peppered with severe storms Thursday night, and I know there were some super severe tornadoes throughout Illinois and Indiana. We didn’t have any damage at our house, but we did spend the night in the living room, and it’s one of the first times I’ve seen Lexi come so unglued over a storm. (This fascinated me because we didn’t hear rain and wind like we sometimes do…) She worked to be so brave, but our girl was pretty scared!

One of the young adults from our church was married Friday evening, and Ryan and I had the privilege of attending her wedding! It was a beautiful ceremony, and the reception was a lot of fun. We were able to sit with the rest of the staff from church and had the best time swapping stories with them! I love going to weddings with Ryan. I love remembering our own wedding and praying over the couple who is just establishing a new home.

And yesterday was a good day. Ryan was able to get a stretch of time to do some things around the house that he wanted to mark off his to-do list. And I was able to work hard on my scrapbook. I think both our hearts were a little better off at the end of the day!