Two months to go (if that)!!

Well, December has been a whirlwind--for that matter, what happened to November? Goodness. Not only is this year ending so quickly, we are officially less than 2 months from my due date!! I'm not too panicked yet. but who knows, we may get there. For now I'm looking forward to spending January doing a little more relaxing, and preparing for our lives to change completely... no big deal. ;) 

How far along? 30 weeks (actually 31 maybe, but I prefer even #'s)
Total weight gain: between 10 & 15
Maternity clothes? finally got some for Christmas! especially loving the elastic-paneled jeans, ahhhh....
Best moment lately: getting the crib set up and staring at it nightly, Scott having a break from work, house progress, and the bony elbows & knees & feet always make me smile (except when they poke my ribs)
Miss Anything? Someone mentioned ice skating today... that would be fun. but i think i'm definitely in the awkward-balance stage.
Food cravings: Orange juice still sometimes...fruit maybe
Anything making you queasy or sick:  occasionally the thought that we're really gonna have a baby in 2 months! eek! :P
Have you started to show yet: This weekend I've got more comments than ever that I'm "really popped out/getting bigger/looking pregnant all of a sudden!" Hey, I can't help that my third trimester conveniently corresponds to the biggest eating holidays! :P
Gender prediction:  It's a boy, and I'm quite happy about it. Though I'm determined there will be a McDiffett girl ONE day!! (Our sis in law is also having another boy ;) )
Belly Button in or out?  outie! In fact I think it caught a crumb (outside my shirt) the other night... is that TMI?
Wedding rings on or off? On, no trace of swelling yet.
Happy or Moody most of the time: As if a pregnant woman's (any woman's) emotions could be summarized in two words. hah. I'm happy tho.
Weekly Wisdom: We really need to take a birth class of some sort...

Weekly Confession: We really need to take a birth class of some sort...
Looking forward to: Holding him.  

McDiffett Family Christmas Letter

Hello, friends and family!
Marry Christmas! Wow, it's already our third Christmas together, after 2.5 years of marriage. Time has gone quickly! For those who don't see us as often, I thought I'd catch you up on our lives and what we've been up to since our wedding (June 4, 2011). I'll try to keep it brief!
We are so thankful to all of you who were able to share our wedding with us--although of course we wish we could have had more time with each of you, it was just so wonderful to have you present! To those we missed on the "big day," we're also so thankful for your love, generosity, and support.
We had a wonderful honeymoon cruise to Mexico, after which we returned to Jessie's hometown of Tehachapi to live (the Lord provided for us shortly before the wedding with a job that Scott loved, supervising at the local pool). Our first two months were spent house-sitting for some thoughtful family friends, before we moved into the little second-floor apartment we rented with our cat Killarney for more than two years. Our favorite things about our apartment were the view, location, price, and the loved ones that have helped fill it.
Just before thanksgiving, though, we moved into our new house! We've been renovating it with lots of help from parents and friends, and it's looking great (though the outside will need a little work maybe next summer). But we're happy to be moved in and starting to get unpacked and settled. Don't forget to save our new address! And we have a third bedroom now, so plenty of room for visitors. ;)
Just before we bought the house, one of our year's big highlights was our trip to Ireland! We visited Jessie's college friend and her family and got to see as much of the country as we could squeeze in to about a week. Our list of favorites (if we had to choose): Killarney National Park, Ring of Kerry, Cliffs of Moher, pub fish & chips, time with our friends and each other, and just the lovely towns and outrageously green countryside. Our only regret was not having several more weeks to spend there!  We also had a fun second anniversary trip to California Adventure in June.
Now that this busy year is nearly done, we look forward to plans for 2014, the biggest of which is to be the birth of our first child, a baby boy! We expect him to arrive at the end of February or beginning of March, and hopefully not during a big snowstorm (though that would be memorable!). We have a few plans to continue working on the house, Jessie hopes (though a little unlikely) to have enough time to do a little gardening this spring/summer, and we plan to make a trip to Minnesota to see family and show off the little guy.

28 Weeks (~6 months)

Can't believe I'm almost (depending) to the last 10 weeks of this pregnancy. Nuts! One fun thing lately is that, according to some "your pregnancy this week" thing, the decrease in amniotic fluid means I'm suddenly able to start feeling little baby parts more distinctly! They're right, I've really been feeling bony little feet or elbows or hands or maybe a head poking me in the ribs and sticking out funny in my belly. Strange and fun!

28 weeks, dressed for Scott's company Christmas party. (It's not a green screen--it's little boy's room!)

How far along? 28 Weeks--Third trimester already, eek!
Total weight gain/loss: About 10 pounds
Maternity clothes? Finally got some shirts! (Thanks, Mom-in-law :) ) more to come.
Stretch marks? I've decided this question is a bit awkward...Cause it's not just the belly that grows, ya know. ha

Best moment this month: Long-overdue relaxation time at the beach for Thanksgiving with family. I think the little guy really enjoyed all the tasty food, down time, and (at least I think) mom being in such a happy mood all the time.
Miss Anything? Currently living without a kitchen sink or oven, although we do have cabinets now!! yay
Food cravings: Yesterday I had like 3 cups of orange juice and 2 oranges
Anything making you queasy or sick: No, but my stomach holds slightly less than it used to...someone's starting to crowd it.
Have you started to show yet: Yep. Enough for people's comments now ;) I love it when people who haven't seen me in a while go "Oh! You've gotten...er, well, you're showing more now, huh?" :P
Belly Button in or out?  out now :)
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time:  Content.
Weekly Wisdom: (going to double up on the "confession instead") It's strange to register for things involving a person you've never really met, and a job you've never really done before! (so far we're partially registered, Babies R Us and Buy Buy Baby. May add or remove a few things once we finish at Target)

Weekly Confession: Lately I have not been as good about trying to eat mainly nutritious things and minimize the other stuff (dessert definitely more often than normal these days)... pretty much been eating whatever I feel like, although today I felt a little like a bad mom for eating a bowl of captain crunch. haha.
Looking forward to: Meeting the little guy, and in the mean time, NESTING ;)

24 weeks

Finally got around to posting this! Sorry it's been a bit. Well well well, as you may have heard, it's a BOY!!  It was quite fun seeing him on the ultrasound at my 20 week appointment, kicking his little legs and wiggling.

20 weeks--It's a boy!

How far along? 24 weeks. I guess that's 5 months? at least of his actual existence (minus first 2 weeks). though the month thing is actually a touch more confusing than weeks to me.
Total weight gain/loss: about 6 or 7 pounds now :)
Maternity clothes? mm, still fine in most of my old clothes...but contemplating maternity pants soon.
Stretch marks? no?
Best moment lately: it's been fun feeling the little guy move so often these days. and good to start to see the light at the end of our house-tunnel, hehe.
Miss Anything? Artichoke season... hah
Food cravings: well I'd love a good artichoke... but not much else specific
Anything making you queasy or sick: nah. but occasionally my stomach gets nervous when I'm struck with how soon I'll have a baby, and how crazy different life will be!
Have you started to show yet: yep! a home depot worker yesterday was the first stranger to ask me how far along I was when she saw me touch my belly.
Belly Button in or out? shrinking and squinting but still kinda flat 
Wedding rings on or off? on. no swelling here so far! :)
Happy or Moody most of the time: in general the whole month of October has been a pretty stressful one and not always that pleasant--the house has been keeping things pretty crazy on top of normal semi-busy life. but so far i think November is looking up.
Weekly Wisdom:  Write things down. not just sentimental things, i mean--my little weekly planner is quickly becoming an extension of my brain. Without it i'd wake up most mornings like "Well... I'm sure there was something I was planning to do today." It even helps me remember what I've already done... haha

Weekly Confession: perhaps the strangest thought for me when it comes to adjustment to motherhood is a change in my independence. I won't glorify independence as some great thing like some would, but either way, it does fit me much more than I've thought. I think even from toddlerhood I was perfectly happy to entertain myself much of the time, and despite the fact that I do love being with people, I also enjoy having time just to myself (even "to myself" with others around, if that makes sense), and for the majority of my life I've had quite a bit of it. It's going to be very different having someone both so constantly with me and so dependent on me--I really have had nothing to compare it to thus far (a cat doesn't even come close, haha). I think I will enjoy it--but it will be very new.
Looking forward to: moving in to the new place, nesting, baby showers, and finally meeting the little guy!

24 weeks, in baby's new room (before paint)!

Year Two photobook!

I finally finished and ordered a scrapbook for our second year of marriage. Here it is!

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a few new milestones :)

Quite a bit of new things to report since i last wrote! And yet, life has barely slowed down long enough for me to post.

Ireland was wonderful. Seriously, if you've ever debated going, just go. You'll love it. So beautiful, lovely people, and so much to see! Only I'll warn you, you're most likely going to wish you'd gotten to spend more time there ;)  It was so great to hang with Heather and her family, as well as to get to see Laura (think we really have spent more time together abroad than at home) and the wedding of dear Stefanie and Mitchell in Germany. Way too much goodness in one trip, and so little time since to sort and post pictures! :( 

Since we got back from Ireland (and after I finally got through the bulk of jet lag), we had TMC's Outreach Week to prepare for and direct (thanks so much to the 12 students who came up from Master's, and got so much work done around church! And to all those who helped with hosting and otherwise taking care of them). Even crazier, on Monday of last week, we closed escrow on our new house! So for the times we weren't working with the TMC team, we were in demolition and decision mode at the house. So far we've torn out cabinets and a sofet (sp) in the kitchen, jack-hammered out some tile, even torn out some of the drywall, taken down popcorn ceilings...and some other things either destructive or constructive. Thanks to the helpers who've already jumped in! Especially our parents. It's a bit overwhelming, but I think we can expect great things from the finished product!

Our new kitchen ;)

But more importantly, baby!  I am now definitely "showing," and baby is definitely moving! I felt my first for-sure little kick or bump on one of our last nights in Ireland (fortunately before Scott and I separated to head home and to Germany, respectively). Since then I've felt little him or her squirming or jumping around quite a few times, and last night he/she even gave us a couple leaps that Scott was even able to feel for the first time! Crazy, crazy. Hard to believe that in not so many months, we'll be seeing this little one squirming right beside our bedside instead. But speaking of him/her and he/she, maybe even crazier, we have our mid-pregnancy ultrasound today!! As always I'm just a touch anxious (plenty to check up on besides gender, I guess), but mostly excited.  I hope baby is not shy, cause we're really looking forward to knowing whether we've got a son or a daughter, and all the excitement of picking paint, and registry items, and for me, just getting to imagine our new lives as parents with a little more specific detail! 

Well, suppose that's enough until later (and I don't just mean enough exclamation points).

Turkey Minestrone: the I'm-out-of-veggies version

Turkey Minestrone: the I'm-out-of-veggies version

Just made up this recipe tonight, and since it turned out pretty tasty, I thought I'd write it down for another time. Really it's pretty quick, because of the frozen, canned, and dried ingredients (don't judge) ;)
Would have added more veggies (like green beans, shredded carrots, or zucchini) if I had them on hand, but I didn't. Maybe I'll try adding the first two next time, but it's pretty good without as well.

Sorry that I'm still too lazy to make my photos all super-apetizing and pinteresty.

1 lb roll of ground turkey
Onion (1/2 small?), fresh garlic or garlic powder/salt to taste
Italian herbs, lemon pepper
2 cans tomatoes (petite diced)
~1 can chicken broth (keep another ready if you want it later)
1 can garbanzo beans/chickpeas
1 can white beans (cannelini)
~3/4 cup frozen spinach?  less or more according to your preference
~1 cup (maybe less) small pasta, like mini shells
~2 cups water and/or broth
(even better if you have "caldo de tomate" boullion)
Fresh basil?

Fry the turkey in the pan, adding a little onion, garlic, and other seasonings (I used mainly Italian herbs and lemon pepper).  Once cooked through, add the tomatoes and chicken broth. drain the beans somewhat and add them as the soup heats up, as well as the spinach. Take a taste of the broth and adjust accordingly (remember noodles will suck up some water and concentrate the flavor a little). When satisfied, add the pasta (last 10-ish minutes of cooking).
Once the pasta is cooked, observe and taste again. If it's too thick and stew like for you, add the water or broth or mix of both. I used water with half a cube of Tomato boullion (one of my go-to favorites from the Mexican food section).  Add extra seasonings as needed, I also added a little fresh basil.

.....Aaaand that's pretty much it!!

2nd Trimester and 4 months already?!

September 17th

Just a quick update before we leave on our trip to Ireland (and me to Germany, for the much-anticipated wedding of Mitchell and Stefanie)!  Can't wait to see Heather, Laura, the Walshes, and the lovebirds, and get in some incredible sight seeing and relaxation. Our "last big hurrah" I joke, before baby comes. Hope this poor kid won't be angry forever that we took them to Ireland before they could see it. Sorry, baby!

How far along? 16 weeks. That's 14 weeks of carrying little one, and 12 weeks of knowing about it.

Total weight gain/loss: Well I'm still not sure it's possible, but I weighed myself the other day and guess what? Normal weight!! I have no way to explain except to suppose that the baby must have gotten the best of both his/her parents' good metabolisms! Fine with me, I'll keep eating, maybe even more now....

Maternity clothes? Rubber bands on a few jeans... but I can tell I'm getting real close to that "just give me stretch pants so I can be comfy" phase. 

Stretch marks? Don't think so? 

Best moment this month: Seems like there has been so much to plan and look ahead to, so I've really liked the moments that some things started to feel more set, finished, or tangible (instead of looming).

Miss Anything? Caribou Coffee white mocha or whatever it is. that probably doesn't count but it's true

Food cravings: Yep, I do crave food, often and plenty. Sometimes I imagine baby as The Hungry Thing. I like dinner food so much more than lunch food, so lately I'm trying to have more leftovers available for lunch.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really. I feel a little guilty when people ask how I've been feeling, 'cause I've had it pretty easy so far! There's the occasional food picture (pinterest or recipe books) that makes me have a stronger "yuck" reaction than I would normally, but that's it.

Have you started to show yet: Not by a lot, but yep! And actually, after the chiropractor straightened me out yesterday, I think I might show a touch more... or at least I'm more comfortable. 

Gender prediction:  Oh we're so close! We're finally starting to think maybe a girl, despite what has seemed the majority opinion at first! A girl name is the only one that we have pretty set, so it would be convenient ;)

Belly Button in or out?  In... but I think it's getting a little shallower...hehe.

Wedding rings on or off? on. oops, except when I'm working, gotta put em back on

Happy or Moody most of the time: The past few weeks have been a bit more stressful (seems like I've just had so much to do/plan/think about) but I'm enjoying the second trimester so far.

Weekly Wisdom: Make sure I'm getting enough protein! It's crazy how much higher this recommendation is for pregnant women than for everyone else (almost double, by most suggestions)!

Weekly Confession: Oh shoot...I think I had one but I forgot it. Have I already confessed my forgetfulness?  Oh how 'bout this... I have like 5 brands of prenatal vitamins and enough of them to keep me going past my due date already. Most I've gotten free or cheap. I switch off to get the best of each. It's a little weird, but let me have my thing.

Looking forward to: Ireland, nesting, and perhaps most of all... Four more weeks 'til we (hopefully) get to stop calling the baby It or He/She. It's not like the anticipation is killing us or anything... but just a little bit it is :D Also, 'til the end, I'll be wondering what this little one's face looks like. No "cheating" on that one though!

These are starting to look a touch repetitive, aren't they? hmm...

3 months (12 weeks)

Just had my 12 week appointment with the little one--guess that means it's time for another update! The other day, Scott congratulated me on "two months of knowing we're pregnant." Time has gone fast, but that still seems long!

It's been such a blast finally getting to tell everyone about our newest adventure. Thanks for all the excitement and encouragement! For those we were able to tell in person or by phone, the reactions were so fun (some of them will last in our memories forever, haha).  To those who knew longer, thanks for keeping the surprise so well even when we forgot to ask.
Besides the fun reactions, probably the best part is that we can now share our thoughts and excitement with those around us. I'm determined not to let it consume everything we talk about, but hey, when it does, it's fun. :)

Another fun fact, Scott and I met 6 years ago yesterday, and started dating 5 years ago tomorrow. (Scott says that means today is sandwich day...hah)

How far along? 12 weeks. Plum size, and peach is next! yummy. (?) ;)

Total weight gain/loss: I'm surprised to find that I'm still pretty much at my normal weight. But don't worry: I'm sure anyone who's spent any time with me lately can vouch for the fact that I have definitely not been skimping on eating. Hah.

Maternity clothes? My few tightest pants will no longer button comfortably, but I've still got some room to grow before I really need to change the wardrobe. I'm wearing my smaller stuff while I can!

Stretch marks? Don't think so... but may not be far away

Best moment this week: Hearing the baby's heartbeat! It's definitely been a bit weird to know I've got this person living inside me, I know it, but then as I've joked with a few, for months this little one doesn't call or write or even knock yet. So it's a relief every time I can check in and know for sure that all is well with him or her.

Miss Anything? The days when having pretty clear skin took very little effort.

Food cravings: Lately (due in part to a couple weekends of party or mountain festival food) vegetables (especially salad) have been so good. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: At the start of the 12th week I've kinda thought I felt the funny stomach a little stronger, but really my symptoms have still been very minimal. The one thing I really do notice is that there's less room in there, though! When I'm full, I'm full, don't even want to think about or smell food. (well, until a while later...then I'm hungry again)

Have you started to show yet: Maybe not to the unattached observer, but I think it's safe to say yes, a little.

Gender prediction: Almost everyone is saying boy. I am back to unsure. 8 weeks more to wait!!

Belly Button in or out?  in

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or Moody most of the time: happy, but a few things have gotten me down, or stressed.

Weekly Wisdom:  Drink lots of water! 

Weekly Confession: Lately I guess I'm eating more sweets than I'd hoped I would while pregnant. Would like to cut that down a little, want to set that baby up to have healthy cravings, not too much sugar!

Looking forward to: Feeling baby move! It might be soon. Sometimes I try to focus and see if I can feel anything... I think it's just digestion so far. hehe.

the first two months of poppyseed :)

well, the news is finally out!

We found out about our little poppy seed on a Sunday night, after having spent the weekend camping with friends. My little brag--we actually hiked to the top of Tehachapi mountain that weekend while I was unknowingly carrying the little one! (Though we suspected he/she might be there). Our first reactions? Scott was probably more just purely excited, but I was a mess of so many emotions, I could hardly think straight! :P Turns out pregnancy is quite the incredible, bewildering reality even when it's expected. But I felt better when Scott admitted the next morning that he had woken up in the middle of the night thinking he was about to have a heart attack, and had to go sit up and read for a while to calm down. hah.
we decided to wait to tell our families and everyone else until after our first doctor's appointment (and as we hoped, first ultrasound) at 8 weeks. At first I didn't mind the time we had to keep the news just to ourselves and let it sink in (it still hardly felt real!), but after a week or two, those became the longest four weeks ever! By now, our baby has already gone through poppy seed, apple seed, pea, blueberry, and grape, and is now a little lime! That's some pretty exponential growth if you ask me... and I've certainly been feeling some of the work behind it! ;)
So here's some belated pictures:

4 weeks--just after we first found out

Our little alien baby, 2.03 cm at ~8 weeks 4 days

9 weeks (sorry, skipped 8) -- after finally telling our families (disclaimer: IHOP and Jamba Juice are also adding to this picture!)

And here's a few more deets; Amy Garness, I hope you don't mind that I've stolen your cool little question list :)

How far along? 11 weeks now. (which in truth is 9 weeks...fun fact)
Total weight gain/loss: I think I may have gained a few since we first found out :P
Maternity clothes? not yet. most of my jeans have always been a little loose around the waist, and I have some loose-fitting shirts, so I might be ok for a bit ;)
Best moment so far: Seeing the little one on the ultrasound screen! and watching for a minute as that tiny heart went whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. :D Shortly followed by finally telling family and friends.
Miss Anything? Energy, I suppose. And it also seems like the adjustments to my senses of smell and taste have left my cooking intuition a little confused. Because of both of these, my dear hubby has already helped out with a few dinners! Also (almost forgot) my brain and memory have definitely not been firing on all cylinders lately! (if they even were before...)
Food cravings: nothing in particular... which is sometimes everything in particular. I go from nothing sounds good, to anything and everything mentioned sound good. The one thing I can pinpoint is I often am sick of sweet foods (even bread) and want something more salty (like cheese or something). I'm definitely hungry (and thirsty) more often!
Anything making you queasy or sick: A few slightly queasy moments, but no sick so far! probably among the worst was watching the highschoolers at summer camp popping "barbecue-flavored" mealworms into their mouth by that candy store in Pismo. Oh man. My clam chowder was not sitting too well.
Have you started to show yet: Sometimes... mainly when I've eaten a big dinner ;) But i already feel like there's less room in there!
Gender prediction:  Kinda hoping for a girl, but sometimes I've had a feeling it might be a boy.
Belly Button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Pretty happy, but sometimes blah. Occasional flashes of firey-ness, haha. 
Weekly Wisdom: Write stuff down... even if you can't remember where you wrote it.
Looking forward to: Second trimester, registries and showers, all that stuff that will make it feel so much more real! We've also been looking forward to finding out the gender from almost the first moment.

John who cursed lovingly at his children

Besides the Hickmans, who were only here for two weeks, John and his family were our first and only neighbors when we moved in.  John seemed nice enough—a little intimidating, but nice enough if you didn’t tick him off. And besides, doesn't everyone kind of want a neighbor like that?  He seemed to us like the patriarch of the fourplex, even though he was maybe in his thirties. He knew stuff. He’d been around for a while.  We always said that we felt pretty safe at our apartment, not the least reason being our certainty that if anyone ever came to try to give us all any trouble, John would probably beat their face in as soon as look at them. 

He had a couple of little boys, who were really pretty cute. Some days he would yell at them , just how he would probably yell at a dog or a stupid coworker.  “Hey! What the h#!! are you doing?? Get your little @$$ away from my truck!” He was a tough guy, but we could tell he liked them.  One day he bought them a trampoline, and he’d play on it with them, wrestling and tickling as they giggled and tackled him and then slipped away out of his reach. “hey, come here you little $h!!!s.”  He’d say. But they were used to it. They’d just giggle and jump on him again.

Ah, fatherhood. Heartwarming.

I want them all--Quiero los dos

"I don't want eight waffles, I want twelve!"
no, this video doesn't perfectly illustrate my point, but it does a little bit, and more importantly it was hilarious and necessary.

On to the real story.

There is a little boy in my sunday school class (well, wednesday, but no matter) who has baffled me repeatedly. Sometimes we offer to reward him with a sucker at the end of the day, but whenever we do, almost inevitably he asks for TWO suckers, instead of just one. He reaches into the bag to choose a flavor, but alas, he cannot choose just one, so he pulls out two favorites, apparently neither of which he can stand to live without. No matter how many times we've gone over it with him, despite his knowing that he can either have one or zero, not two, almost every single time he is unable to make a simple choice and instead has to forego a sucker altogether. Baffling! One simple choice and that sucker would be his, but he wants them both so badly that he would rather have nothing than lose one. Every time it surprises me, and every time I explain it to him over and over, fully expecting him to come to reason and change his mind. But he is in such hysterics he cannot. Hysterics!
For a while I have thought it so crazy, so hard to believe and impossible to understand, until finally it struck me--I'm him.

I want them both; I want it all. I am not content with the gift I didn't deserve in the first place, I want more. Indeed, I'd almost say all or nothing! Yikes. Such a sneaky but dangerous feeling.

Sometimes it's so easy to want what God wants for me, nothing more and nothing less. After all, I KNOW from his promises (and from 20 or so years of experience) that it will be what's best!  But sometimes too the enemy sneaks in, or just my own human nature, to say "hey... what about that other stuff though? Surely it's not bad to want!" But the truth is that even the best stuff to want, if it's not in line with God's plan for me (and right this moment at that--a good thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing), is in danger of taking me down the road of discontentment, and ultimately selfish idolatry. I'm reminded of a short but haunting snippet of the life of a man who presumably had served alongside Paul, "For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me."

I don't want to be so in love with the gift I haven't been given, that I miss out entirely on the ones that I have.


"He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?" ~Romans 8:32






Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Colossians 3:5

For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Ephesians 5:5

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? Matthew 16:26


For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Luke 12:34

Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4