Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

VERSE 3:
His word shall not fail you-
He promise;
Believe Him,
and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying;
His perfect Salvation to tell.


CHORUS:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full into His wonderful face,
and the things of earth will grow strangely dim
in the light of His glory and grace.

My friend and I just played this song on Sunday as a last minute offertory,but I was thinking on the words of verse 3..."Go to a world that is dying..."

Getting Ready to Leave...

Well this Saturday I am headed to Texas with 15 other people from my church.We are going down to spend a week at BPS working in Juarez,Mexico.I am excited about this opportunity that the Lord has allowed.This will be my second year going and I cannot wait to see how the Lord works this year!I know the week will go by so fast,but I am going to try and soak it all in,share with as many people as possible,and learn the lessons that the Lord wants to teach me.I have been looking at last years pictures and videos...getting myself all excited.I am sure tomorrow night will make me even more excited as I go to church and talk to my friends about going.Please pray for us as we go take the Word of God to the lost people of Juarez,Mexico!

Here is a link to the BPS video...I thought you might want to watch it.

2Thessalonians 3:1  Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

I Love...

talking to my sisters...

 

even though it seems like these are the only ways we get to talk anymore... I still enjoy it,and I am looking forward to the day where we can all talk face to face!!!!!!!

" I’ve discovered that
the Internet is one of the primary ways
that we can lose our spiritual sharpness.
Instead of becoming dead to the world, we
become distracted and preoccupied with
the world through the things we encounter
on our computer screen...

...Even more dangerous, when we have an
unhealthy addiction to the Internet, our
mind is influenced by worldly reasoning
and worldly priorities, instead of continually
meditating upon God’s Truth and His
agenda."

Some thought provoking quotes out of an article I read online.

Pictures from Grandma's

lantern

lantern

Dad (here's the picture Liv!)

road

Queen Anne's lace

neighbors farm

pathway

pathway

pathway

the bridge at the neighbors

grandma's house

grandma's house

barn

grandma's house

this is probably my favorite...yes I was standing in the road to take it!

road

flowers

Here are some random pictures that I took over the past weekend.I had a good time taking them...it was nice and quiet...gave me some time to talk to my Lord.I love moments where I can go out and enjoy nature with just me and God.

Just some pictures I took today...thought I would share!

Blessings...

I have this amazingly crafted picture hanging on the wall in my room.I got it from my oldest sister for Christmas this past year.To some this may seem like some dull,ordinary picture,but to me it means allot.I know that she spent her time making it just the way she knew I would like it...and beyond that I know that she gave it with much love.I need this picture on my wall.I need to be reminded daily that "We are so blessed."Because I seem to always forget that until I sit down and count my blessings.I want to complain about things like not being able to just hop in the car and see my sisters,but then I think about how blessed I am to have 2 amazing sisters that I love so much,that I want to see all the time and spend time making memories with.I want to complain because I don't have "the latest and greatest" that some people have but then I remind myself that I have Christ,something that not everybody has-He will forever be the "latest and greatest" to me.I want to complain that it's raining and then I remember how much I love the plants,flowers,and greenery that would not be alive without the rain.I want to complain about doing the dishes,but then I am reminded how blessed I am to have dishes to eat on and make dirty-something not all people have.There are so many things that I could keep on listing,but I think you get the idea.I challenge you reader,next time you want to complain "Count your MANY blessings!"

I Love...

"Nothing is worth sacrificing our relationship with the True Lover of our Soul."

1 Thessalonians 5:24

 

  Faithful is he that calleth you,

 who also will do it.

Book Excerpt

"Every action,no matter how small,is defining our future harvest."
~pg. 139

"When we make decisions to obey God-even when it costs us something-and to live out our faith in our day-to-day life,it will be hard,but it will be good.And it will be good because God loves to bless us when we are faithful to stand for Him."-Pg. 154

 

-Do Hard Things by Brett and Alex Harris

VBS 2013

This year at VBS our theme was the Rescue Zone.I had the awesome privilege of teaching the 4-Kindergarteners.I just took a couple pictures during the week...but I thought I'd share!

decorations

decorations

classroom time

classroom time

coloring

coloring

coloring

skits

For Hannah

A super-awesome leather bracelet that Hannah made for me at the Wilds.I told her I would put this on my blog!:)

There are two young ladies in my life that I greatly admire.Their faith and trust in God is simply amazing.They have decided to follow Christ with their life.They are serving Him with their lives.They are servants,helping others,setting a great example.I hope to be just like them.

Oh who are these two wonderful young ladies?

They are my two,beautiful sisters.

I love you both!

I have been thinking...

Absence truly does make the heart grow fonder.

The longer I am apart from my sisters,the more I cherish them and the time that I get to spend with them.I can't wait til the three of us get together and make lots of more memories.I grow fonder of you both each day.

I love this show...

The Andy Griffith Show...
a simpler time.a sweeter place.a lesson.a laugh.a father and a son.