Nesting?

I've always heard about nesting & was really looking forward to suddenly becoming a super-productive, organized, and laundry-loving wonder woman. I guess that's not quite how it works...today marks the T minus 2 month point which means I'm at 31 weeks & have started counting down instead of counting up! I keep going back and forth between "I can't wait!", and "Wow, this is going by really fast!" I don't know if the nesting thing has really kicked in or not, but here are the 'signs' I've been displaying:

• Shopping...mostly for baby-related stuff ;o)
• Setting up the baby room - I think we're about 90% ready!
• Cooking - this may just be a miracle because I never cook! In the last week I've made 3 separate meals & frozen the leftovers so they will be super-easy to heat up in a time of need!
• Cleaning...well, the house is clean, but did I get it that way all by myself? I'll never tell! I am working hard to maintain it though!
• Organizing - I haven't been organizing stuff so much, but organizing the activities & such I'm involved in. This week I'm focusing on getting all my church stuff in order & making sure the different things I do there will be covered when I'm out with Jack.

Other stuff we've been up to:

• Spending time with family - John's whole family was in town & we had fun watching movies, swimming, going to the museum, eating, and hanging out with them.
• Staring at my belly - Jack is moving soooooooo much! Some days it's almost non-stop & he is spending more and more time pushing on my lowest right rib. That part's not so fun, but watching him move around sure is entertaining!
• Reading together - every once in a while John & I find a book we both like & read it aloud together just for fun. It's great for car rides, or for hanging out with the TV turned off. Right now we're reading The Hunger Games. It's a reread for me because the final book of the series is about to come out (I like to read the previous books again before reading a new one in a series), but it's new to John.
• Spending more time with God - We're both reading Too Busy Not to Pray by Bill Hybels with the church band & I really like it so far. I also just started Living Free by Beth Moore with a group of wonderful Ladies at our church. It has given me more structure & motivation to spend daily time with the Lord & for that I am so grateful!

Wholly Yours

Today has been one of those days where I feel like God is knocking on the door of my heart. We had another great message this week during worship - embracing God's truth as reality & allowing it to transform your life. For me it brought to mind Galatians 5:1 - "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."

I will definitely be pondering/processing/meditating on this throughout the week. As I was doing just that on the way home I heard this song. I found myself sitting in the car when I got home until the song ended. I'm always blown away by the lyrics of David Crowder songs, especially the way he can play on words & perfectly represent different aspects of our relationship with God. So, here's another good one:

Wholly Yours

I am full of earth You are heaven’s worth I am stained with dirt, prone to depravity You are everything that is bright and clean The antonym of me You are divinity But a certain sign of grace is this From a broken earth flowers come up Pushing through the dirt You are holy, holy, holy All heaven cries “Holy, holy God” You are holy, holy, holy I wanna be holy like You are You are everything that is bright and clean And You’re covering me with Your majesty And the truest sign of grace was this From wounded hands redemption fell down Liberating man You are holy, holy, holy All heaven cries “Holy, holy God” You are holy, holy, holy I want to be holy like You are But the harder I try the more clearly can I feel The depth of our fall and the weight of it all And so this might could be the most impossible thing Your grandness in me making me clean Glory, hallelujah Glory, glory, hallelujah You are holy, holy, holy All heaven cries “Holy, holy God” You are holy, holy, holy I want to be holy, holy God So here I am, all of me Finally everything Wholly, wholly, wholly I am wholly, wholly, wholly I am wholly, wholly, wholly Yours I am wholly Yours I am full of earth and dirt and You

All I can say

These are the lyrics to a David Crowder song that has carried me through many a tough time. Just thought I'd share. Lord I'm tired So tired from walking And Lord I'm so alone And Lord the dark Is creeping in Creeping up To swallow me I think I'll stop Rest here a while Chorus: And this is all that I can say right now And this is all that I can give And this is all that I can say right now And this is all that I can give, thats my everything And didn't You see me cry'n? And didn't You hear me call Your name? Wasn't it You I gave my heart to? I wish You'd remember Where you sat it down Chorus: And this is all that I can say right now, I know its not much. But this is all that I can give, yeah that's my everything. This is all that I can say right now [right now], I know its not much. But this is all that I can give, yeah that's my everything. Bridge: I didn't notice You were standing here I didn't know that That was You holding me I didn't notice You were cry'n too I didn't know that That was You washing my feet And this is all that I can say right now, oh I know its not much. But this is all that I can give, yeah that's my everything. This is all that I can say right now [right now], I know its not much. But this is all that I can give, yeah thats my everything.