advent reading 12.

Wow!   These days keep zooming by!  J has ONE MORE FINAL tomorrow and then we are off to celebrate doing...something.  The plans aren't solidified yet, but we won't be sitting at home :)  And this means: TONIGHT is his LAST night of studying for his FIRST TERM of MEDICAL SCHOOL - no small feat!!!! I am SO proud of my husband, more grateful to the Lord for providing him with the ability to study and study well - and only 4 more terms to go [here in Grenada], two years of clinicals, then residency.  Whoo! Not so bad [haha...I'm kind of joking, that is a LOT of stuff...but grace is sufficient :) ]  

We also found out that we can move into our new apartment by December 15th!!! We will be all moved in and settled by the time my parents come, which is an answer to prayer! Nice relief that we won't have to spend time cleaning/moving while they are here :)  Well, here is the advent reading for today - to be honest, J and I have some catch-up to do ourselves, but then we will stay on top of it :)  Quick story: last night I came home to a plate of cookies and a Christmas card waiting outside our door from one of our neighbors - it was SO sweet and felt so "homey," if you know what I mean.  Sweet blessings from the Lord :)  

Today: gym, bagel making, any other shannanigans I can get myself into.  Whoo!

Luke 1:57-66
The birth of John the Baptist

 

Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.  And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.  And  on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father,  but his mother answered, “No; he shall be called John.”  And they said to her, “None of your relatives is called by this name.” And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called.  63 And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all wondered. And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke,  blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all  the hill country of Judea, and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.