rain, coffee and a good book

who said rainy days get you down? i actually love rainy days - when i'm indoors that is. heh.

i love to snuggle up in bed or couch with a good book, or with my treasured Bundles, or with some craft thingy to do...

yesterday was a pretty good 'rain-day'. spent the afternoon with mel holed up in borders coffee bean. hee... really thank God for our cozy seat. at first looked like there was no chance of getting a seat, but then this group suddenly got up and left! PTL! =D enjoyed the time of just talking, discussing our thoughts on marriage, our fears, our history, our frustrations, our joys, our lessons from God during this time...

i really feel very blessed through that time. i got to hear more of how God has been shaping mel thus far, through the things he's been through, and it really touched me that, through all that, He was shaping him, preparing him for US. and in the same way, He has been shaping me too, through the people i have met, the struggles i have gone through, to be ready for him now. so... i feel that it is pretty amazing recognizing how God is so smart! haha.... and to see with hindsight how He has somehow made things fit.

sure there will be plenty more struggle, plenty of frustrations, lessons to learn... but i do hope that we will be able to remember from our past, that God does have His purposes. these times of talking has also shown me the ugly side of me. i see how easily i get frustrated, how shrot my fuse is, how impatient i am, how whiny (=b), how unreasonable i am capable of being. sigh... and yet he accepts me. wow... working on improving what i can... reminds me of something someone once said: I'm a work in progress.

meanwhile, we've both gained a lot of insight from "Inviting God to your Wedding", a book by Martha Williamson - the FR gals gave to me to read. i've really been so blessed and learnt so much from it, and so am sharing it with him, and together we've found that it gives us LOADS to discuss and talk about, so thank you FR gals!! =)

hmmm... still praying for house. hee... praying and trusting that God has just the right house for us - one we can make into a HOME. =)