"He has risen!
                              He is not here. "  
                                           Mark 16:6
           
     ~ Easter...a time to rejoice !~


I''m so proud of  my family !


No , were not related, we just met yesterday !   ha...

Hmmmmm........

   I wanted to take the time to write what the Lord has been showing me lately. I have been so inspired by seeing and hearing and feeling how the Holy Spirit has come to rest and indwell in not only myself ,but to some of those whom I love around me. He's been showing me just how much he loves me, pouring out His love in so many ways each day. Even in little things. For example the other day I was on my way home from work and the sun was shining and I looked around, and everything was covered in white. The snow was flocked on the trees ,like I've never seen. The sky was blue and not a cloud was in site. I said a quick prayer thanking the Lord for showing me His beauty and love through the creation He himself designed. To me it was a gift. For ME ! Because He loves me. And I am So in love with Him, like I've never known before. I feel so unworthy of it. But he keeps letting me know that I am worthy. Why ? Because I am His." Every good and perfect gift comes from above,coming down from the Father of Heavenly lights..." James 1:17.He wants to love me and wants me to love Him. That is why I was created. I am His treasured possession. What an encouraging thought, isn't it ?!

I've also been studying the proverbs 31 woman. My daily prayer is that I will become a woman like that.

Then I get to thinking about the future. A few months ago all I could think about was having a boyfriend, and wanting to feel loved and special by a guy. What I failed to see was that THE love of my life has been here all along wanting to love me and show me His great love. Now that I realize this, I don't worry about my future so much. ( There are days !) But I know he promises to " give me the desires of my heart "...  if I love him. I DO ! OH, how I do.
I found this today that was my little piece of encouragement:
"There is one that is more in love with you than any man can ever be. You are incredibly valuable to Him, and you never need question His commitment to Him. He thinks you're beautiful in the morning without your makeup, and He'll think you're just as beautiful when you're 80. He is Christ. In you should treat Him with the loyalty and respect of a Husband. There is no need to attract a man to you - Christ will lead the right man to you. And when someone that loves you as much as Christ arranges a marriage, you may rest assured it will be far better than anything you could have done. You are His - be content there.

So, back to the proverbs 31 woman... It says " She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come"  Why ?  because she puts her trust in God. I want to do that too.

And, I thought this was awesome ...

Laughing at the Future

"I’ve always liked the sentiment of a popular wedding song, “Grow Old with Me.” The opening lines are, “Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.” Though I was generally aware that the opening lyrics were from a poem, I had not read the full poem until recently. Now I understand why the song’s lyrics stop short of Robert Browning’s complete thought in the first stanza:

Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was made:
Our times are in his hand
Who saith, “A whole I planned,
Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!”

Without the acknowledgement of God’s loving providence for our lives, we just have the sweet, vaguely hopeful sentiment of the first two lines. But in the third line, the poet throws open the doors and ushers truth into the midst of the frilly emotion – God has planned a whole life, of which youth is only a part. Our times are in His hands and He is fully worthy of our trust. There’s nothing random about our futures.

Jim Elliot once said, “Wherever you are, be all there.” Be all there. That can seem like bumper-sticker wisdom – intriguing, but ultimately without much depth. However, when you consider Jim’s brief 28 years and his demise as a martyred missionary to the Auca Indians of Ecuador, this sentence resonates with godly truth. Wherever you find yourself in God’s sovereign plan for your life, be all there. We never know how much time we have, but we can be fully engaged in each day we have – living life with an eye toward the eternal."

What was your gift from the Love of your life today ? If you think about hard enough, you will find it ! And let me tell you, It's a precious gift.
I will tell you my special gift from God today. My sweet mom took me and my sister out for lunch and coffee at my favorite coffee house in town. It was a fun time. Being with my family is defiantly a gift from above !!

Thanks for reading !