{t-h-r-e-e w-e-e-k-s} :-D

Three weeks down...this week has had its ups and downs; through it all God has proven to be more than sufficient! Praise God. :) He has been teaching me so much about His presence and his love and patience and grace. Mostly, that it is so important to look at life and see it as a whole; the easy and the difficult and praise Him for both just the same. Even the struggles have a purpose and He doesn't send us through them without a very good reason. I have learned that sometimes God is just asking us to rest in Him. To "be still", and to trust and obey. This week, I found the song that I have included in this blog. It's message is so comforting. I know that even when everything seems out of control, I have a God who is so awesome that He has it all in control. I know that I don't need to see the big picture, because He is completely in control of it, I just need to trust. :)

Now that we know God is still guiding and instructing His student in His wise and understanding ways {of love and patience}... Here are some pictures to prove we have been having fun...

Mom ordered blueberries... 20lbs. of blueberries. They were really good too! Thanks mom :)

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~A flower arrangement that we made out of our lovely garden flowers.~

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We took our lovely Sunday afternoon and visited friends and swam in their pool! :)

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And next... DONUTS!

The mixing process...

...the mixed dough...

...the cooking process...

...the end result!

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A perfectly balanced meal ;)

And we polished them off pretty well.

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Smiling faces and joyful children, no wonder why Jesus loves them so much!

Another week has past. End week two.

Another week has come and gone. As I reflect back on this week I am so amazed at the awesomeness of my incredible Savior! Times may change, people come and go, things change, but my Lord...He's the same; yesterday, today and forever. Amen!

"Blessing and honor, glory and power, be unto the ancient of days. 

From every nation all of creation will bow before the ancient of days. 

Every tongue in heaven and earth shall declare your glory. 

Every knee will bow at your throne in worship. 

You will be exalted oh God, and your Kingdom will not pass away.

Oh ancient of days!"

There are so many feelings and emotions that are flowing through my veins right now. An indescribable feeling of awe and amazement. The feeling of serving a God powerful enough to do exactly as He please. And yet He loves a sinner like me. He cares about me, I'm one person in an enormous sea of individuals. He loves me; He really, really does. He loves me so much that he has given me incredible family members and friends. I have a huge support system, but most of all I know my days are measured out by the one who crafted the universe. He has an immaculate love for his creation, and for His children. He isn't willing that any should perish, He wants us all to except Him and come to a knowledge of the truth.


Tonight, as I drove home I was hit by a brick wall, it just flew at me. God has such an indescribable love for me. In the past year and a half, God has taken me on a journey revolving around love. His love is not measured as we measure love, its SO much more. He cares about even the smallest flower or smallest bird. How incredibly more do you think his love for us is. His love is always patient and kind, it NEVER boasts is never angry or self seeking.  Its never proud and doesn't keep records of wrongs or dishonor others, it thinks no evil. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes and endures ALL things. Love NEVER fails. How can you deny a love like that? This love is so much more than any human can ever comprehend. This loves comes only from a loving and just God. His love is so great that we don't even need to seek revenge, He has done it for us. Its finished, its completed. He repays our enemies in full, its a promise. Not only has he given us a love that surpasses all human understanding of the word love, He has completely paid the price for our sins and... He alone has taken revenge on our enemies. Although, we once stood condemned, in Christ we now stand clean. Completely cleansed, we are allowed to stand before the most Holy God of the universe; if only we will take hold of His gift of salvation.

Take the gift of salvation and the garment of forgiveness and crawl-- clean, cleansed and renewed into the arms of an incredible, humble and powerful Savior.

One week down.

In the past few days my sisters and I decided to have some fun...

Day #1: Strawberry picking.

Day #2: A lazy afternoon at the beach.

Day #3: Our raspberry picking turned into...

JAM. ;-)

On day #4 after staying up late (making jam the night before) we had no energy left, so... we decided to wake up bright and early and make muffins...

Our lives are a little bit like the children's book "If you give a mouse a cookie". So since we made muffins, we needed to have a tea party...

(In our "pretty" dresses)

To finish off our week of craziness...

 my adorable sisters waited ever so patiently to hear me sing in the talent contest. You gotta love those girls.

Wait.

Pray, because God listens and heals.

"If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people... 

...if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land... 

...Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place. For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually." 

 - 2 Chronicles 7:13-16

Lately, I've been pondering my life in the last year. God has done so many things in my life and in my family.  I thank Him that He cares enough to answer my prayers. Through everything He has taught me to trust Him and come to Him with my worries and fears. 

God knows the prayer of your heart. 

I want to encourage you to call on Him today. "Cast your cares on Him...because He cares for you." He wants to hear from you. He knows what your struggling with and He cares. Tell Him what is on your mind today. Tell Him what is going on and ask Him for grace, mercy and healing. Trust Him... listen to Him... and seek after Him today.