Nae's Heart » Meatchew http://naesheart.com Everyday News about the Ashton Family! Fri, 11 May 2012 04:33:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 July 4th and 5th http://naesheart.com/2009/07/06/july-4th-and-5th/ http://naesheart.com/2009/07/06/july-4th-and-5th/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:21:00 +0000 Renae http://naesheart.com/?p=642 Well it has been a very busy weekend. ¬†I won’t go into all the details of the week, but I will start with the 4th. ¬†On the 4th, James headed to the fireworks stand at 6:30 am. ¬†He was there all day long. Ruth had spent the night on the 3rd so she dropped me off at the fireworks stand around 11:00 am. ¬†Ruth headed home because she had to work and James and I hung out at the fireworks stand for the rest of the day… literally. We sold a lot of fireworks and had a great time but my feet hurt so bad at the end of the day. ¬†I think I had sat down for a total of maybe 30 min. ¬†We didn’t leave the stand until after 8 pm. ¬†We had to close at 8 and count all the inventory we had left so that it could be returned the next day. ¬†After doing all this, James and I headed to the church and handed over some of the things that couldn’t be returned to the families there. ¬†We light off some small fireworks and then headed home. ¬†We had only been at the church for an hour but we were both really tired and our feet were killing us.

On Sunday, we had normal church services in the morning, but because they had an evening service on the 4th we didn’t have an evening service on the 5th. ¬†James and I came home from church ate lunch and then I took a 2 hour nap. ¬†We headed out around 5:15 for a surprise party for one of our friends. ¬†The party was great fun and he was so surprised. ¬†We had hot dogs, chips, soda, and for dessert s’mores. ¬†It was a very enjoyable way to end the weekend. ¬†Pictures are up for all of the activities on the picture page or you can get to them from here July Activities

James had to work this morning, but when he got home we headed out to the mall, just to get out of the house. ¬†We are back home now and as I am blogging, James is working on a puzzle. ¬†This evening we have a bible study at Pastor Matt’s house. ¬†It is called Meatchew, basically Matt picks a book and we get together once a month to discuss the chapter we read. ¬†Right now we are going through the book “The Pursuit of God” by AW Tozer. ¬†I really enjoy the discussions and getting to know the others on a different level than just at church.

Pastor Matt has also been teaching the young marrieds sunday school class at church. ¬†He has given us all a lot to think about and has challenged us to put time and effort into our marriages. ¬†He has challenged us to personally walk with God and grow in our relationship with Him. ¬†As we do this, we find ourselves wanting to work at our marriage. ¬†Yesterday in Sunday School he was talking about our idolatrous heart and how anything, even something good, can become an idol if we dwell on it to much. ¬†He challenged us to examine our own life and to be open and honest with our spouse about the things that we are holding on to. ¬†He put this quote in the notes he gave us: “What makes something idolatry is when we love that thing too much- our desire for that good thing is more intense than our desire to please God.” ¬†I want God to be the center of my worship, but in order for that to be I have to let go of the things that I hold dear… Am I willing to do this? ¬†Are you?

]]> http://naesheart.com/2009/07/06/july-4th-and-5th/feed/ 0 9 months http://naesheart.com/2009/03/14/9-months/ http://naesheart.com/2009/03/14/9-months/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:56:39 +0000 Renae http://naesheart.com/?p=409 As of today, James and I have been married for 9 months! ¬†We have enjoyed getting to know each other much more and love being together all the time! ¬†We didn’t have big plans for today since we had a very long week! ¬†We were at the school all day 3 out of the 5 days this week. ¬†On Monday night we had meatchew (a get together to discuss a book that Matt has chosen for all of us to read) We are reading the book “Don’t Waste Your Life” by: John Piper. ¬†It has been a great book for all of us! ¬†Tuesday we actually got to spend at home, Wednesday we had church so we stayed at the school until then, Thursday James’ class was involved in a play “The Life of Fanny Crosby” ¬†and so we stayed at the school all afternoon! ¬†On Friday, we had a youth game and worship night! ¬†So we stayed at the school so we could have everything set up by 6. ¬†On most of the nights this week we didn’t get home until after 10 so we were really wiped out! ¬†This morning James slept until noon, I got up around 10:30. ¬†We had a very relaxing day today. We laft to get my allergy shots at 2:30, went to Wal-Mart, ate lunch around 3:00 at In-n-Out, then headed to the Apple Store at South Coast Plaza so I could purchase a few things for my computer. ¬†We arrived back home around 5:30 and plan on just relaxing here tonight! ¬†

The last 9 months have been wonderful!  I love James more today then I did yesterday and we are learning to handle things together.

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