Monthly Archives: January 2010

Great is the LORD!

“Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness [is] unsearchable.” Psalm 145:3

Do we even understand how great the LORD is? The vastness of His power or understanding? I don’t. At least I don’t live like I do. I often allow worry, fear, doubt, my failures and life consume me. GOD IS GREATER! Sometimes I have to write things down in order to really let it penetrate. Meditate on the good deeds God has done in your life, let them penetrate into your very being. Because, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.”

Lord,

Make your power known to me. Let me live it out fully each day. Bring the unsaved to this power that has called me by name. That we may see you face to face and our lives be preserved.

In the Presence of His glory

My heart literally hurts. With it being six days from when my brother went to be with the Lord. James and I got some sad news about a dear friend of ours going to be with Jesus. This was no ordinary friend, he was the man who introduced James and I to each other. As I sat at the desk trying to conjure up some words to write to his dear wife I found myself writing a love story. I talked to Gary every morning, minus the ones he had off and I had off at work. He would politely come to the front desk, just to see how I was doing. He was like a Grandpa to me. I enjoyed our conversations, they made my day better. He talked about Cowboy Church, his beautiful wife, grandkids and hunting. He lived a love story. He loved life and it was contagious. As I wrote this letter to his wife, I could not help but to cry as I wrote ” James and I have been especially blessed  to know Gary. And for us his legacy will always live on in the memory of our love story.” What a great way to remember such a dear friend, through a love story. Makes me appreciate Jesus’ love story to us and what HE did for us. Words always fail in comparison to a person’s life, and boy am I falling short with words for such a great man as Gary Miller.

I miss this

I miss learning, I miss being out and hunting for good spots, I miss photography. I was just looking at my old photography blog…The last time I blogged was May 20, 2009. I still have a passion for this. I love people, I love people who smile and enjoy life. It makes me happy to see love, joy and pure excitement lived out in life. I believe God has given me this passion for a reason. I just need to be pushed more…I need to PUSH myself. I’m praying more in this area, to see where the Lord leads me. But for now…this picture makes me happy and will be part of a reminder to keep on. I love how happy she is…

The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. ” Matthew 6:22

one is the loneliest number

Everytime i sing that song I just laugh…I mean any song by Three Dog Night is amazing! Seriously. There is one verse that say’s “It’s just no good anymore since you went away.” James is in the field this week. And man have I missed him. He makes life better. Really he does. So, it is NOT good when he goes away. Have you ever met someone who just exudes LIFE! I mean they just live it, there is nothing bad that can bring them down. They always see the bright side, never think anything bad of anyone or anything. That’s my husband! I want to be like him, I do. I would not change a single cell in the man. Example: We are on vacation in California, stuck in the car for New Years (Cause our garmin decided to take a break) He stood calm, patient and even put on some music to ease the tension…I was the one with the tension. We were supposed to be with my parents and I was stressing out, because we weren’t. He calmly told me that he loved me, thinks I’m beautiful and loved that it was just him and I. Even though I was acting well, not nice. I had to apologize…two hours later. And still he said ” I love you, I think your beautiful and I love being with you.You don’t have to apologize.” I’m constantly complimented with lovely words. My husband, he lives, he enjoys life and doesn’t let the worries of it bring him down. It’s contagious. We are a good match for each other. He is my anchor when I toss around in the rough seas of life. So, tonight, January 12, 2010–One is definitely a lonely number. Because the one I love is out there working to keep me safe and sound. I love you honey!

and because posts are always better with pictures… here’s one we took at Knotts! Our very first picture strip together:)

* Don’t judge the claw in the first picture, haha. Seriously, am I that aggressive?

The Gospel

The Gospel, the Gospel
Fragrance in words
The sea of my soul
Is calmed when it’s heard
Peace to the broken
The captives set free
May the Gospel of Jesus
Wash over me

The Gospel, the Gospel
My freedom explained
No more shall these garments
I’m wearing be stained
The old man is missing
The new man is free
May the Gospel of Jesus
Wash over me

Wash over me
Come make me clean
Wash

The Gospel, the Gospel
She’s good and she’s true
She cost quite a fortune
To make all things new
So breathe in with faith
And out with His peace
May the Gospel of Jesus
Wash over me

-Jimmy Needham

I just finished reading through the Gospels and could read them through again. I would encourage you to read them, if you have no idea who Jesus is, it is here that you will find the heart of who He is. John 3:16-18 says:

 ” For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

You are either for Him or against Him. Your life will prove that to be true or not.

I stand for Him. May my life reflect that every moment, by His grace.

A New Year

I am so grateful for this past year. So many amazing things have happened. Of course the most important was marrying the love of my life.  I would do it all over again if I could. Thinking back to that day, it went by too fast…Lord, can I do it again 🙂 There is one moment that sticks out from the whole day. And that is when I walked down the aisle and saw James for the first time that day. By far that was the best moment. We were also able to experience moving into out first apartment, although small and tight, I loved it! Even now, being in the awesome house the Lord has blesses us with, I still think back to the days in or little one bedroom. Good times indeed. We paid off two of our credit cards, another great moment to look back on. We made new friends, who we will appreciate forever. We moved into our first on post housing, which has been amazing and exciting.  Had our first married Christmas and New year. There is just so much. I appreciate all of the amazing blessings that this past year has brought.  I am grateful for all who have touched, prayed for and helped James and I.

We are excited to see what this New Year has in store for us. We are already experiencing the blessings the Lord has so graciously bestowed on us. By allowing us to serve alongside brothers and sisters in Christ in so many ways. We pray that our light would shine forth and encourage others to step out and serve, no matter what the cost, no matter how lonely, nor caring what the reward may be. We hope to run farther, reach higher and serve more than we did last year. Please pray for us as we seek and move in serving our Lord more actively. There are indeed great thing’s in strore.

“For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.” 1 Thess. 2:13

P.s. Check below…I posted more pictures of our park adventures!

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