This one is a short post today but I hope you can find the time to watch this video. It is a half hour long but worth! So often we are afraid to ask the tough questions and afraid of hurting feelings so we don't stand up for things we believe in. I almost didn't post this video because I was worried I would be making too much of a statement with it...but I did. So watch it! And warning, there are some graphic pictures. I pray you can share this with others and that God can encourage you with it to stand up for Him or even change your heart about the issues discussed. <3
http://www.180movie.com/
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Without Cable
The only show I really miss watching on tv is 19 Kids and Counting! I am so inspired by the Duggars, their lifestyle, their faith, and how they raise their children! I have read their second book and went on a little journey with them as I laughed and cried, and learned!
I wanted to post this blog entry written by Michelle Duggar because I found it very inspiring! She is so positive and is really honest in her book about how with her first few children, she was not so patient and calm. It was something that she had to learn and had to let God teach her and really change her heart! Even those who seem like they are super moms and have it all together usually weren't always like that or still have their moments of struggling and learning!
Be encouraged and uplifted!
http://parentables.howstuffworks.com/health-wellness/has-michelle-ever-experienced-postpartum-depression.
......and this is another post that I think should be spread around. It is sad but I encourage you to reach out to the women around you who may have or are dealing with miscarriages. When it comes to pregnancy, birth, babies, and mommies, we need to be open and honest with each other and share the love and encouragement as well as the truth.
http://parentables.howstuffworks.com/family-matters/healing-family-after-miscarriage.html
<3 <3 <3
I wanted to post this blog entry written by Michelle Duggar because I found it very inspiring! She is so positive and is really honest in her book about how with her first few children, she was not so patient and calm. It was something that she had to learn and had to let God teach her and really change her heart! Even those who seem like they are super moms and have it all together usually weren't always like that or still have their moments of struggling and learning!
Be encouraged and uplifted!
http://parentables.howstuffworks.com/health-wellness/has-michelle-ever-experienced-postpartum-depression.
......and this is another post that I think should be spread around. It is sad but I encourage you to reach out to the women around you who may have or are dealing with miscarriages. When it comes to pregnancy, birth, babies, and mommies, we need to be open and honest with each other and share the love and encouragement as well as the truth.
http://parentables.howstuffworks.com/family-matters/healing-family-after-miscarriage.html
<3 <3 <3
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Beautiful
This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. I don't even want to put and exclamation mark because it just isn't enough. I have been trying really hard not to turn this blog into a Brantley Gilbert fan page but some things are just unavoidable.
So here you go. Listen. Cry. Enjoy.
Please check out other music by Brantley Gilbert. He is true country and loves Jesus! *Tear alert* If you listen to his song Saving Amy, you will cry, but listen to it anyways because it is also beautiful.
That is all for today <3 <3 <3
So here you go. Listen. Cry. Enjoy.
Please check out other music by Brantley Gilbert. He is true country and loves Jesus! *Tear alert* If you listen to his song Saving Amy, you will cry, but listen to it anyways because it is also beautiful.
That is all for today <3 <3 <3
Friday, 13 April 2012
Great Advice!!
I started looking at youtube videos this evening and followed some suggestions and found myself watching old tv commercials! Then I came across this fantastic video!!
It definitely made my husband and I laugh but as it came to an end, I realized how much I wish I lived in a different time! A time when things seemed simpler! But I have thought that often and I can't go back in time so I just need to change the way I live in my life! Some days that means eating organic fruit, buying local meats, supporting people/things/businesses that believe in home grown things the way God intended them to be! But right now it means wanting to raise my children so that they treat/are treated with the same respect shown in this video! I want my sons to ask a young ladies father before they start "dating"! And I want our daughters to be pursued by good young men that know how important it is to have her father's approval first! I want our children to court, to be serious about their relationships and protect their hearts and minds and bodies as God would protect them! My husband was my first boyfriend. I feel as if we courted each other. We were serious about dating and it's purpose to find a spouse. I am so thankful that God taught me this before I entered into a relationship, and I am so blessed to have only loved one man. But I want even more, even higher standards, for our children because God has given us the gift of relationships and marriage and that is something I never want to take for granted nor do I want my children to!
No, I do not have children yet, but God willing, we will have many in the future, and as every mother does, I want the best for them! I must admit that I have been greatly inspired by The Duggars on 19 Kids and Counting! I find the way they live to be such a breath of fresh air! Many people say the world is over populated (which it certainly is not!) and that they shouldn't have that many children but they appear to be the most well behaved, respectful, considerate, faithful, and giving children (and young adults) I have ever seen! The way they conduct themselves in the public and in their home is beautiful and I would love a world full of Duggar children that love the Lord and give their life for Him! I intend to raise children similarly.......when they come.....I will need a lot of strength from Jesus for sure, and definitely an abundance of patience. There is much I need to learn before coming a parent but I am excited for that time to come! I greatly look up to my sisters and how amazing they are at being moms!! One of them has a blog...you should check it out! www.mytrailinlife.blogspot.ca
Okay, bedtime now!!! Usually I am already sleeping by 10pm......uhhh, i mean, up partying at this time like a cool couple that doesn't watch movies and eat samosas at home on a Friday evening..... Peace out!
It definitely made my husband and I laugh but as it came to an end, I realized how much I wish I lived in a different time! A time when things seemed simpler! But I have thought that often and I can't go back in time so I just need to change the way I live in my life! Some days that means eating organic fruit, buying local meats, supporting people/things/businesses that believe in home grown things the way God intended them to be! But right now it means wanting to raise my children so that they treat/are treated with the same respect shown in this video! I want my sons to ask a young ladies father before they start "dating"! And I want our daughters to be pursued by good young men that know how important it is to have her father's approval first! I want our children to court, to be serious about their relationships and protect their hearts and minds and bodies as God would protect them! My husband was my first boyfriend. I feel as if we courted each other. We were serious about dating and it's purpose to find a spouse. I am so thankful that God taught me this before I entered into a relationship, and I am so blessed to have only loved one man. But I want even more, even higher standards, for our children because God has given us the gift of relationships and marriage and that is something I never want to take for granted nor do I want my children to!
No, I do not have children yet, but God willing, we will have many in the future, and as every mother does, I want the best for them! I must admit that I have been greatly inspired by The Duggars on 19 Kids and Counting! I find the way they live to be such a breath of fresh air! Many people say the world is over populated (which it certainly is not!) and that they shouldn't have that many children but they appear to be the most well behaved, respectful, considerate, faithful, and giving children (and young adults) I have ever seen! The way they conduct themselves in the public and in their home is beautiful and I would love a world full of Duggar children that love the Lord and give their life for Him! I intend to raise children similarly.......when they come.....I will need a lot of strength from Jesus for sure, and definitely an abundance of patience. There is much I need to learn before coming a parent but I am excited for that time to come! I greatly look up to my sisters and how amazing they are at being moms!! One of them has a blog...you should check it out! www.mytrailinlife.blogspot.ca
Okay, bedtime now!!! Usually I am already sleeping by 10pm......uhhh, i mean, up partying at this time like a cool couple that doesn't watch movies and eat samosas at home on a Friday evening..... Peace out!
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
What's Next....?
I am just starting to realize that I have been struggling with the question "What comes next in my life?" . These past few years my life has drastically changed from being a young teenager, still dependent on her mother and the public school system to an adult, with a husband, and a home to take care of. Since 2009, I have started my first job, quit my first job, learned how to drive, failed my driving test, passed my driving test and earned my licence, applied to university, graduated from high school, had my first boyfriend, recieved my first scholarship, started attending my first university, bought my first (and second and third cars), got engaged, dropped out of university, became an aunty for the first time, and got married. Yes I know that was a run on sentence, but it was for affect! What I am trying to say is that I have had constant change in my life up until now. Right now there are many new experiences that come with being married and independent from my parents, I feel as if I have started a new life. But What next, what should I do next, where should I go?
Having a relationship with a Saviour that knows my every thought and every movement and knows the big picture and every detail of my future should give me comfort. He knows...but what about me? I find myself getting caught up in my own plans, something I have struggled with often. It is hard for me to let go of something that has been so precious to me in the past. I have often idolized the future. Instead of having excitement and anticipation for where God is leading me, I get anxious that I might not be where I think I should be in the next 5 years, few months, or even weeks.
To Trust in the Lord is something I need to work on, it needs my full attention and awareness. It takes work for me to let go of my control. Sometimes I pray that my life will get shook up enough for me to just fall on my knees and have no barriers in the way of God having everything. I pray "God take everything, take my life, and use it!" But then the next day I fret over having enough money saved or if I will have a job in a few months.
This may not be as uplifting as some of my other posts but this is me being real. I pray that God can speak through me a message I dont even know I am saying. Please leave comments if God has spoken to you!
This is my new challenge, to let go and let God be the driver of my life. I would rather just be the passenger anyways because I don't know when, where, or with who I am going (although I assume My husband will be right there beside me!)! I want to realize the big adventure I am already on with Jesus. I don't need to be halfway around the world to be experiencing God's great story He is writing!!! I might be far away someday, but for now, I want to try to love where I am, and open my eyes to what God wants for me!
As one of my favorite speakers, Kent Hovind, would say, "What on Earth are you doing for Heaven's sake?!?" I need to let God use me, I need to get uncomfortable. Too often we get stuck in the things we know and just shut our eyes to the possibility of things outside our comfort zone. I believe Jesus lived outside the comfort zone. He made everyone around uncomfortable and many people did not like it. At times, it was even hard for His disciples to follow Him because He was doing things so far out of what they had known to be socially and politically acceptable. So I guess that's my second challenge, to get uncomfortable.
"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world." ~ John 11: 25-27 (KJV)
Having a relationship with a Saviour that knows my every thought and every movement and knows the big picture and every detail of my future should give me comfort. He knows...but what about me? I find myself getting caught up in my own plans, something I have struggled with often. It is hard for me to let go of something that has been so precious to me in the past. I have often idolized the future. Instead of having excitement and anticipation for where God is leading me, I get anxious that I might not be where I think I should be in the next 5 years, few months, or even weeks.
To Trust in the Lord is something I need to work on, it needs my full attention and awareness. It takes work for me to let go of my control. Sometimes I pray that my life will get shook up enough for me to just fall on my knees and have no barriers in the way of God having everything. I pray "God take everything, take my life, and use it!" But then the next day I fret over having enough money saved or if I will have a job in a few months.
This may not be as uplifting as some of my other posts but this is me being real. I pray that God can speak through me a message I dont even know I am saying. Please leave comments if God has spoken to you!
This is my new challenge, to let go and let God be the driver of my life. I would rather just be the passenger anyways because I don't know when, where, or with who I am going (although I assume My husband will be right there beside me!)! I want to realize the big adventure I am already on with Jesus. I don't need to be halfway around the world to be experiencing God's great story He is writing!!! I might be far away someday, but for now, I want to try to love where I am, and open my eyes to what God wants for me!
As one of my favorite speakers, Kent Hovind, would say, "What on Earth are you doing for Heaven's sake?!?" I need to let God use me, I need to get uncomfortable. Too often we get stuck in the things we know and just shut our eyes to the possibility of things outside our comfort zone. I believe Jesus lived outside the comfort zone. He made everyone around uncomfortable and many people did not like it. At times, it was even hard for His disciples to follow Him because He was doing things so far out of what they had known to be socially and politically acceptable. So I guess that's my second challenge, to get uncomfortable.
"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world." ~ John 11: 25-27 (KJV)
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