tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982874552761388252.post7876575361726379034..comments2011-04-22T07:41:01.276-07:00Comments on Behind the Scenes with the Hastings: Reception number 4Matt and Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926040068969541936noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982874552761388252.post-37855147697055230292009-05-22T14:29:44.586-07:002009-05-22T14:29:44.586-07:00You? Get frustrated easily?
"I'm never going t...You? Get frustrated easily? <br /><br />"I'm never going to talk to you again! Hunh!"<br /><br />Some things NEVER change. May God grant Matt an extra dispensation of patience.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11574216250427421937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982874552761388252.post-79606695486982875132009-05-19T14:19:15.493-07:002009-05-19T14:19:15.493-07:00Um... so my comment's as long as your blog. Sorry...Um... so my comment's as long as your blog. Sorry about that.Ericanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982874552761388252.post-66797177693823490592009-05-19T14:18:12.289-07:002009-05-19T14:18:12.289-07:00Yay! I'm your best friend! I just started crying...Yay! I'm your best friend! I just started crying when I read that because it made me so happy - but it was one of those cries that reduce you to nothing and all of a sudden the Big Mac I was in the middle of chewing was about to fall out of my mouth and all over the floor. But no worries, I worked hard to keep it all in. Just thought you'd smile to hear about how ridiculous I still am over you. I don't think it'll ever change.<br /><br />~<br /><br />And I like what you wrote about reading your vows again. It made me think about Piper and how he and his wife sit down every anniversary to look back on the year they were just blessed to walk through together, and then it made me think about a conversation we had a couple of months ago about always making it a point to look back together over where you have been as husband and wife to then look forward to where you are going. I never thought about it before until now, but wouldn't it be neat if you could sit down with Matt every anniversary and read your vows together again? For good and bad? Because even for all of the humility that would need to be given in admitting wrong before each other, it would lend God such a great chance to grow you closer in a love filled with grace. <br /><br />~<br /><br />I have always loved how David writes of God as the lifter of our heads. Probably because I am so often broken in shame before him. Do you remember that night when I left without being able to look at you because of how terrible I felt? I feel like that a lot with God. Especially now. But to read about him as he is a God who lifts up the fallen, it breaks me more than I could ever say. Like the day I was crying in your room, and you grabbed my arm so hard and looked at me with so much intention to tell me how much you cared about me. The ways you love me and how they dare me to believe in God when he promises better... Rachel, you're my best friend.<br /><br />~<br /><br />And I couldn't help but laugh over you and your writing about how uncertain tomorrow feels. I just look at where you are and then look at where I am, and it's all kind of laughable. But I guess it just goes to show you that no matter where you are or who you're with, nothing's a given save God. I pray I would believe that. And I pray the both of us wouldn't hope in a more certain tomorrow but would instead always be moving towards finding our comfort in the love and care of our steadfast God. <br /><br />~<br /><br />And your washer... haha. Made me think of Bob and your stupid dishwasher back here. <br /><br />~<br /><br />I love you!!!Ericanoreply@blogger.com