It was a funny chain of events last winter, as Matthew and I announced to our then new home group that we were unexpectedly pregnant...only to find out a few weeks later that two of our closest friends in that group were ALSO expecting just a few weeks after us this fall. So now with Brighton here, we're all waiting in eager expectation for our friends, the Hasses, to have their little girl any day now and our other friends, the Beattys, to have their girl a week or so after that. What a blessing it's been for me to have both a mom who's gone before me (Maria - the cute prego girl in the picture) and another new mom, Jen, to share in the mystery of this new life change. We all live within about a mile of each other, making it easy to get together for walks this coming fall or to get creative in one of our kitchens or just share in the hardships AND joys of being/becoming mothers. For me, life seems so much more manageable when Christ offers me the gift of genuine community, where we can be free to not only have fun together and just enjoy each other, but challenge, support and push each other closer to Him through the ups and downs of life.
It was a funny chain of events last winter, as Matthew and I announced to our then new home group that we were unexpectedly pregnant...only to find out a few weeks later that two of our closest friends in that group were ALSO expecting just a few weeks after us this fall. So now with Brighton here, we're all waiting in eager expectation for our friends, the Hasses, to have their little girl any day now and our other friends, the Beattys, to have their girl a week or so after that. What a blessing it's been for me to have both a mom who's gone before me (Maria - the cute prego girl in the picture) and another new mom, Jen, to share in the mystery of this new life change. We all live within about a mile of each other, making it easy to get together for walks this coming fall or to get creative in one of our kitchens or just share in the hardships AND joys of being/becoming mothers. For me, life seems so much more manageable when Christ offers me the gift of genuine community, where we can be free to not only have fun together and just enjoy each other, but challenge, support and push each other closer to Him through the ups and downs of life.
2 Comments:
what a wonderful affirmation of our community. we feel mutually blessed.
it truly is a gift to be a part of such a community. Isn't God good! Love you friends.
~Rach
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