We moved into our new home about 2 months ago, and continued our commute to SF for work. The commute was twice as long as what it was before, but it was really nice (for me) to be able to sleep on the car on the way to work and on the way home. Recently, Josh's boss found out that we moved to Hayward and started talking to the CEO of the company to try to make it possible for Josh to work at home. One day, she approached Josh and told him that the company was planning on getting him to work from home since we live far away and are having a baby. Josh had never asked his boss for this, even though it is something we have daydreamed about. It was as if she read our minds...
Ever since I became pregnant, I have been experiencing back pains. It started out as just soreness and eventually progressed to a sharp, stabbing pain. I developed Sciatica from standing for long periods of time, bending, and lifting at work. Most women experience some instances of Sciatica during pregnancy because the baby is resting on the Sciatic nerve, but I was experiencing it constantly. It made it hard for me to do anything besides sit at work- and that would even hurt. This past Monday was my first day not having to work any more and I am truly thankful. God has provided us with the ability to have me stay at home to rest and take care of our baby and Josh is more than willing to go to work to support me.
When we were going through premarital counseling with Pastor Aaron, he talked to us about men and women's roles in marriage. The common belief nowadays is that a husband and wife are equal and should have a 50/50 type of relationship. However, the Bible offers a different perspective. What our marriage should look like is that we complement each other. We are equal in our value and worth before God, but our function as husband and wife are complementary. I am glad that when I am in pain during pregnancy, Josh doesn't demand that I cook because we agreed that I cook on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and he cooks on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Instead, he cooks because he wants to serve me even though he just came back from a long day at work. He runs up and down the stairs multiple times each night to fetch me little things just so I won't strain my back walking up and down the stairs in our 3 story home. The poor guy even spent an hour moving all our stuff from our master bedroom into the room downstairs just so I wouldn't have to walk all the way upstairs to rest. It's the little things like these that make me all the more thankful for him.
Looking back on this past year, I guess you can say that we just love transitions. It was through these transitions that God made Himself even more known to us. We had so much anxiety and fear when we were faced with uncertainty but God provided everything for us. He showed us that even though we doubted His ability to lead us through seemingly difficult times, He led us graciously through all circumstances. We realize that we deserve nothing that we have now because we lack faith and are disobedient, but He gave us all that we have in spite of our faithlessness and disobedience.
I look forward to the many, many years to come with you, Josh. It is my hope and prayer that God would continue to remind each of us of the ultimate grace He has shown us through His Son, Jesus. May He continue to use our faithlessness to display His faithfulness to bring us closer to each other and to Him.
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