June 2012
1 post
May 2012
13 posts
“For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We...
“…Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God,...”
– (Romans 12:1) This verse has really convicted me…how am I a living sacrifice for my Lord? How do I die daily to myself? How do I worship God with my life? How do I put His will and desires before my own? I say, “I’m not my own,” but does my life back up my words? I...
New worship song I love
Nothing Holding Me Back by Bryan and Katie Torwalt
Thank You for the cross that You have carried Thank You for Your blood that was shed You took the weight of sin upon Your shoulders And Sacrificed Your life so I could live
Chorus Now nothing is holding me back from You Redeemer of my soul Now nothing can hold me back from You Your Love will never let me go
Thank You for Your death and...
An old friend/co-worker of mine wrote this...
Collection by Haley Kit Littleton May 2, 2012
My heart is like an old woman’s house,
Cluttered with nostalgia, pretty trinkets, a colorfully dusty array of books, esteemed objects, thoughts stuffed between boxes and emotions hidden in secret beams of floorboard,
All perfectly organized and in place, everything neat and where they need to be. A secret maze of information and mapping of...
“I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in...”
– Phillip Yancey
Waiting and Patience
I certainly do not do well with either waiting or patience, and the Lord knows that! But, what’s funny, me worrying or trying to control and rush things won’t make God’s plan come about any quicker. I shouldn’t want it to, though, because I know that His plan and timing are good and perfect. I need to daily remind myself of that. My prayer is that the Lord’s desires...
April 2012
20 posts
Ephesians 5:20 "...giving thanks always and for...
Read this verse along with a devotion this morning and was convicted because I’m not nearly as thankful unto the Lord, daily, as I should be. I will thank Him for the big events, but not the small moments. Or I won’t thank Him because I don’t acknowledge His orchestrative work in my life because I hold on to control. I want this to change because I have so much to be thankful for and He alone is...
Colossians 3:1-17
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:...
And to that hope I daily strive to cling!!
Sometimes I feel like we make things so much harder for ourselves. The Lord calls us, commands us, to do two things. Love the Lord your God will all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself. If we seek after the Lord with our heart, making His desires our own desires, all along loving others with a love like His, what a blessed life we would have! But so...
“Well done is better than well said” -Benjamin Franklin
What truth there is to that quote. Ol’ Ben was a pretty smart fellow.
People are such dreamers…talking big about what we want to achieve, places we want to go, things we want to do. Or, in everyday life, we say things with the best intentions…”let’s get together and catch up soon,”...
“The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me; Your steadfast love, O Lord, endures...”
– Psalm 138:8
My sweet friend sent me this passage the other day. She encouraged me to use it as my daily prayer and I thought I’d share it with you to maybe do the same!
Philippians 2:1-11 ESV “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full...
“Christ is risen from the dead Trampling over death by death Come awake, come awake! Come and rise up from the grave Christ is risen from the dead We are one with Him again Come awake, come awake! Come and rise up from the grave Oh death! Where is your sting? Oh hell! Where is your victory? Oh Church! Come stand in the light! The glory of God has defeated the night! Oh death! Where is your...
For the girls...
I read and posted the following verse the other day:
“Let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.” - 1 Peter 3:4
I want to have that beauty. I want to be pleasing in the sight of the Lord. But, honestly, I didn’t really understand what it meant to have a gentle and quiet...
… who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree … —1 Peter 2:24
The Collision of God and Sin by Oswald Chambers
The Cross of Christ is the revealed truth of God’s judgment on sin. Never associate the idea of martyrdom with the Cross of Christ. It was the supreme triumph, and it shook the very foundations of hell. There is nothing in time or eternity more absolutely certain...
“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose...”
– 2 Chronicles 16:9
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ...”
– Ephesians 4:32
This verse, at first glance, may appear easy to live out in our lives…but when you really read what it says, it poses a great challenge. Forgive as God in Christ forgave you…think of the depth of what that means. Think of all that God has forgiven you for…in just...
“You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of...”
– Psalm 16:11
“But I trust in Your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in Your salvation. I will...”
– Psalm 13:5-6
March 2012
7 posts
“A laugh is a smile that bursts.” -Mary H. Waldrip
Love that quote…so true, really, when you think about it! And laughter truly is medicine for the soul. I don’t think I knew just how exhausted I was the last few months…mentally, physically, and emotionally. The last few months were draining…
But isn’t God so neat to have created something like...
“Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands...”
– (Psalm 1:1-3 ESV)
God wants to bring you into union with Himself, but unless you are willing to give up your right to yourself, He cannot. “And He said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” (Luke 9:23-24 ESV)
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“My heart is broken for the people in my generation, especially women. The...”
– This was written by Brooke, a girl that I worked with when I was a counselor at a camp…love her heart and thought I would share it with you. <3 What a reminder of God’s love, especially for His daughters. Made me realize that I care too much about what others think…my thoughts...
Praise God!! I am back! And with good news! I sat for another board (RVT) for my ultrasound career and passed!! What a relief it is to have this behind me. Honestly, going in and, even, right after I took the test I didn’t know if I would pass it. But I did!! And I definitely don’t take all the credit it for it…I wouldn’t have been able to it without the strength of Christ....
Hey there, so didn’t mean for it to go so long without writing…believe me, it’s not that I have a lack of things to write about, I just haven’t had the time, sadly.
BUT I promise that this coming up weekend I will start up again…and be consistent!
February 2012
16 posts
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His steadfast...”
– Psalm 103:11-14
One of my Papa’s favorite verses.
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”
– Japanese Proverb
“If what we call love doesn’t take us beyond ourselves, it is not really love. If...”
– Oswald Chambers
Paige: I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands, to speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home.
Leo: I vow to fiercely love you in all your forms, now and forever. I promise to never forget that this is a once in a lifetime love. I...
“Au milieu de l’hiver, j’ai découvert en moi un invincible été.
(In the depths...”
– Albert Camus
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter...”
– Dr. Suess
“I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law,...”
– (Galatians 2:21 ESV)
“But I trust in Your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in Your salvation. I will...”
– Psalm 13:5-6