Well summer has officially shown it's 100 degree face to us in Chicago, in partnership with severe thunderstorms exactly every other day for the last week. I faced my first job failure but I am convinced I made the right choice by leaving. I also faced my first near-tragedy as I learn to make adult decisions all by myself. (I almost lost 600 dollars by canceling an apartment application.) But I found an apartment! I'm very excited about it, even if it is really far away. I always said I would take pretty with more space over proximity. I've been meeting regularly with friends, a good move for this little working bee and home-hermit. I've been reading Jeremiah and it's been really difficulty, but thankfully it's starting to get easier. We've gotten through the destruction part and are just entering upon the restorative part, which has always been what this book gave me. And just this morning Jake and I had our first official pre-marital counseling session.
We both left glowing because we were able to truthfully answer some questions about our relationship which showed the confidence we have in our relationship and our readiness for the next step (all credits to God and the role of Jesus in our life.)
This first meeting was more of a ground-laying session, we went to separate rooms in the church to reflect upon some questions and answer a survey that detailed different aspects about our relationship.
Most everything went as I expected; we're confident in the religion we share; we've talked about roles as husband and wife; we've decided to share bank accounts; no we're not afraid our future spouse watches too much tv, has a substance abuse problem or is too involved with work.
What we are taking away from today are the questions about our childhoods.
Jake and I have had plenty of discussion about parenting ideas and we know a lot about each other's childhood but we've never systematically looked at how our raising might influence how we raise our children.
It will be really fun to learn more about each other and how we perceived things as kids, how our families communicated etc.
I'm so thankful to God for the man He has given me.
And to keep with the romantic spirit Jake and I will be attending a double wedding tomorrow, I can't wait!
My last thing to note are these lyrics,
which I find to be fitting for who Jake and I are
and what I hope our life will show:
Let justice and praise
become my embrace!
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