וַיִּקַּח שְׁמוּאֵל אֶבֶן אַחַת, וַיָּשֶׂם בֵּין-הַמִּצְפָּה וּבֵין הַשֵּׁן, וַיִּקְרָא אֶת-שְׁמָהּ, אֶבֶן הָעָזֶר וַיֹּאמַר, עַד-הֵנָּה עֲזָרָנוּ יְהוָה
And Samuel took one stone, and he set it between Mizpah and between Shen, and he called the place Eben Ezer, and he said, "Until now the LORD has helped us."
[1 Samuel 7:12]
It's time for a new blog! In this age of the big, blue monster and the tweetie bird phenomena, blogging remains perhaps the best way to creatively share tidbits of life with others through the twirling, magical tubes of the internet. As I haven't been great at sending an impressive and cute annual update to friends via Christmas card (read: never), I'd like to begin (again) to blog -- albeit unimpressively and non-cutely.
The past two and a half years have been a whirlwind for Greg and me, and yet commonplace as well. One of us started a graduate degree and left it behind; one is over halfway through completing a Master of Arts. One of us brings home the bacon; one of us earns nickels and dimes betwixt three jobs. One of us serves at church as a ministry intern; one will soon be ordained into the diaconate. Changes have come, but only during the ordinary, daily grind of work: six days we labor, the seventh we rest (...wash, rinse, repeat).
The Eben (stone) Ezer (help) seems an appropriate title, as we look in agreement to the prophet Samuel's words: "Until now the LORD has helped us." We also have seen the Lord's hand of help in our life, from bringing us to Charlotte to providing us with jobs and community; from healing Greg of his knee injury to providing a way out of the financial hole his months off of work dug us into (by many means, including new jobs, fresh opportunities, and the outstanding generosity of beloved family and friends). It is upon this Stone of Help that we stand firm.
We remember fondly the former attempts at blogging (as novice cooks and as an angsty twenty-something), and look forward to sharing more, consistently, here.
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