Finding Joy in Simple Moments: Embracing Gratitude and Faith
It has been crazy busy around these parts so I couldn’t find time to do Joys of the Week last week, but I’m back with a two-week joy summary (it might be slightly longer than usual)! Without further ado, here it is!
We got to join the procession at Church last Sunday! Our boy got to help process with the cross, which he loves to play at when we’re at home. He’ll often take his toy broom and hold it up saying it’s the cross, so being able to do the real thing was such a treat for him. He was still talking about it days after! I wish I had gotten a photo but I was holding him while he “held” the cross and it was his father who carried it to the sanctuary.
We signed all the documents and got the keys to our new place! It’s been stressful and still feels a little daunting with the work we need to do over the next little while (but probably endlessly), but we are excited for the journey ahead! We are still in the middle of boxes but we are mostly functional.
I am beyond grateful to all our friends (you know who you are) who came and helped us move and do some unpacking, and all those who have offered to help while we finish putting everything away. I hope you receive blessings to five orders of magnitude of how much you have been blessings to us. We are humbled and grateful to have such a wonderful, generous, and thoughtful village growing around us and we hope to be counted as part of your villages, too!
My hubby has taken some time off for the move, so even though we’re mostly working, it’s nice to be working together. We are tired and sore at the end of each day, but we’re doing it together! Thanks to God who sustains us and gives us every good thing!
I got to catch up with my old friend Joe, who gave me the recently published Gazpacho (GazpaJoe) recipe. I got to give him a virtual tour of the new house and was excited to hear of his plans for the near future! So glad we have technology that allows us to stay in touch with anyone, anywhere!
Tea. Simply, we tried a new tea that we loved! And we have most of the box still in our tea cupboard. God really blesses us in large and small ways and He is so good!
What about you? What joys have you experienced recently? They can be as big as a house or as simple as enjoying a cup of tea (and even if it’s not from this week, I would really love to hear about your favourite teas)! Let’s share in each other’s joy in the comments!
Until next time, let’s pray for each other. And remember, we can do Mom things through Christ who strengthens us!
Mom Things Through Christ 