WeMacs :: pitching our tent in the middle of Nowhere

Yesterday was a full day for us! After our staff meeting, we had an appointment with an OB at Swedish hospital for a breech consultation. Baby Mac had been head down for several appointments until the last, which necessitated the visit yesterday to see a doctor about getting the baby in position for birth. Well, needless to say, Baby Mac just likes to do flips...so he/she is back in position! We prayed for the baby to turn, and the Lord did it! The night before we attended a prayer seminar at our church, learning from our pastor some great new insights about prayer. One thing that stuck out to me was from something John Calvin had written prayer. He said, among other things, prayer reminds us of the Sovereignty of God- that it is God who works all things for the good. Period. It was sweet to have prayed all week, and to praise God now for His providing for our family in this way. Added sweetness: the doctor high-fived, fist-bumped, and hugged me, all before we left.

We ended the day with some sweet friends for dinner and the Christmas parade downtown. (It's super dark, sorry!)


I (Kayla) got to sleep in today...yes! And Austin was able to ride his new bike to the climbing gym and climb for a while this morning. We are loving Saturdays this fall. We have a hilariously erratic tradition in our home of having breakfast with our roommate on Saturday mornings. After a great talk, I was reminded of God's desire to make us a community in the body of Christ- and how special it is. We are set free in the Gospel to love one another, provide for one another, and be the actual place that God dwells. Whew. I had some time to read to day too, and I am thankful for the mental energy to soak it in. Here is what I am reading, with a quote from something I read today:


How to Be Black by Baratunde Thurston

and

The Intimate Mystery: Creating Strength & Beauty in your Marriage by Dan Allender & Tremper Longman III


"Differences are meant to draw out the part of us that is frightened and repulsed by someone alien and to expose God's delight in the strange and the odd. When we re confronted with our ethnocentrism, or more accurately our egocentrism, and how far both are from being God-centered, we are on the precipice of transformation...God's plan is to allow us to weave a new and unexpected pattern from the threads that are different." (from the context of marriage) - Dan Allender