Tuesdays Stream of Consciousness

Homemade chocolate cream pie has contributed to my weight gain and my happy place

I've been doing way to much eating-for-comfort this week and attribute that to the 128 consecutive days of rain

I like the rain because it is conducive to three of my favorite activities - napping, baking and snuggling

I don't like the rain because I can't wear the cute sandals I bought and the hems of my jeans are always wet

Ian stood for 5 seconds by himself today, twice

I was not there to witness either event

I don't mind since I got to witness the other 40,000 seconds of his day

I love driving alone in the car with Ben, even thought we don't say a word for the entire trip

I think after about 2 hours of being alone in the car together, we would have a really great conversation

I'm sad that it will be 18 years until we have an alone road trip

Ben just accidentally called Ava "butt boo"

She thought it was hilarious

It's 10:30 pm

Ava now sleeps from midnight till 8 and I'm surprisingly fine with the new schedule

I'm thankful for this passage from Hosea today

¹⁴ “Therefore I am now going to allure her;

I will lead her into the wilderness

and speak tenderly to her.

There I will give her back her vineyards,

and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.

There she will respond as in the days of her youth,

as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

“In that day,” declares the LORD,

“you will call me ‘my husband’;

you will no longer call me ‘my master.

I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;

no longer will their names be invoked.

In that day I will make a covenant for them

with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky

and the creatures that move along the ground.

Bow and sword and battle

I will abolish from the land,

so that all may lie down in safety.

I will betroth you to me forever;

I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,

in love and compassion.

I will betroth you in faithfulness,

and you will acknowledge the LORD.

It takes my breath away and makes me cry at the same time

This is a promise to someone who not just took a casual glance at an idol but ran full force into it's arms

I did that a lot this week and needed a good reminder that my God is faithful and has betrothed me in righteousness and love

My sons going to make for a fine chimney sweep one day

The End