- Relaxing at home... reading a good book. I read the WHOLE book of Genesis today.. what an amazing story! loved it ;) Go
- Is at Panera... eating a bagel, drinking coffee, studying my first course from Moody! Reading alot of the WORD ... Go
- Going to bed... it's been a good day. Go
We went to visit Kyle’s house and had such a fun time yesterday!
Here we are the girls in Kyle’s and Elizabeth’s kitchen/dining room area.
Oh and the bridesmaid dresses are on the way!!!!!!!!!!! And we are all tanning soon, the big day is coming…. we are all counting down the days.
Such a cute little house! Elizabeth has so many neat plans and all the colors picked out for her home.
This is a funny picture but I had to show my new purse off! I got a new Audrey Hepburn purse and I love it. She is my favorite. She is so beautiful.
“He has made all things beautiful in His time…” Eccl. 3:14
Here we are at “Skyline Chili” great place to eat. We had fun being together again.
They are so happy together. They cannot wait to be Mr. and Mrs. Pierpont, live by the beach, make a home together….The big day June 11th!
As young woman we are at times overcome by feelings. Sometimes we let our feelings rule how we act and respond to situations that arise. Our feelings are a part of the person that we are. Feelings like everything can be good thing and they can be wrongly used…
I was reading in one of my favorite books “You Are My Hiding Place” devotional readings by Amy Carmichael.
As I was reading Amy Carmichael explained of one evening while she was very, very sick she was looking out over the stars and mountain peaks. As the stars twinkled in the sky the clouds moved slowly in, the clouds hung low and covered the stars that shown and the beauty of the mountain was all hidden from her view.
She pointed out that though the beauty was hidden for a time the fact was the mountain and stars where still there. The mountain never moved. The stars never left. Just because she could not see the beauty because of present circumstances God’s creation never left.
Young ladies remember that just like those mountains, the God who created you has not left you here on earth to face it alone without Him. The God you hung the stars in the sky with his hand still holds you with that same all-powerful hand. The God you made you with a specific purpose in mind has not forgotten why He made you (Jer. 29:11). The God who loved you before time began will love you after all time stops. No matter how you feel today or tomorrow these are facts that will always remain, always.
“Our feelings do not affect God’s facts”
Surround yourself with God’s truth, His facts.
The facts are:
God loves you.
It doesn’t matter how we feel about that it’s a fact. God’s love never fails.
You can trust God with your future.
It does not matter how insecure you feel, He holds your future that’s a fact.
God knows what is best for us.
It does not matter how we feel about His leading.
His facts are what we have to live by.
“Feelings go and come but the “mountains” and “stars” abide”. Though the clouds hide the sun the fact is the sun is still shining.
Kyle and Elizabeth just left. They were here for the day. I love her! She is so sweet and I want to be more like her. She is real. She is a very real, Christian girl, which I am finding out is a rare thing. She is so loving and kind and I just think she is great. I am so happy Kyle got her. She truly loves God and doesn’t pretend or wish and try to be just like the world in everything she does.
While I was spending the night with her she got to talking about raising kids and keeping the home. We get along really well and I know throughout the years we will even more.
Anyway, today Kyle and her went shopping and she was showing us the different things she got for their little vacation/honeymoon. She bought some sunglasses and they were really cute too. She also got a cute skirt for the rehearsal. Which I need to do to but will do later on.
I was looking up their honeymoon spot on the Internet the other day and it looks so good! I want to be there right now. They are going to have the time of their lives and I told her she better take lot’s of pictures too.
The dresses are coming in soon! I am excited about being able to try them on and probably will have to get it altered. I am walking the isle with Dan the man. He will be wearing a pink rose to match me. I love being involved in a wedding…so much fun.
Chuck and I are trying to get the song down and it’s comin along though we still have lot’s of work. I love singing with Chuck and the guitar.
Right now the family is watching a movie and I need to either journal, quilt or read my book “The Proposal” a love story.
Today was so dreary out I came up here to my room this afternoon, laid in my recliner went to read and fell asleep as the rain came down outside my window. I think I needed the rest…
God is so good and I am looking forward to tomorrow, Sunday, having my heart stirred again to love Him more. I am reminded of His faithfulness more and more as I look and see how unfaithful I am.
I guess people would call me conservative. And that’s ok because I am. I look at the world I see what they have and I don’t want it. So call me one rare conservative girl because I am.
Like Miss America might say “I want to change the world!” so do I. But I see I can’t.
To change the world today I see I have to do things differently in my life….
I don’t want what the average “Christian” has. I don’t like what “Christian” singers and artist have. I don’t want a broken marriage. I don’t want a broken home. I don’t want children who rebel, have depression, do drugs….
and have suicidal thoughts. I don’t want to spend my nights at home crying myself to sleep because of family problems. I don’t want this kind of life. Everything in me wants to have a wholesome life, pleasing to the Lord.
I realize to do this I need to change me. I can’t change others but I can change me.
If I want a godly husband who will be faithful to me then I need to dress so I attract that kind of man.
If I want daughters who are pure I need to be pure now. If I want sons who are godly I need to marry a godly man who will uphold for them an example…. You see it begins in me.
I want to raise a family someday who will change their world. I want to crawl into bed at night content knowing in my heart I am making a difference in my children for Jesus Christ. Why? Because I have seen what worldly “Christians” have and I don’t want it. So if I do things the opposite way of this worldly “Christians” maybe I will get the opposite result- A God honoring home.
“For a just man falleth seven times and rises up again…” Prov.24:16
The sun is out and shining today! It’s beautiful out. It feels so good to feel the warm sunshine on my face again. God has been so good this winter.
Today after church we went out to eat then went to Starbucks. It was nice to just talk with Dad and Mom. Chuck went along too and it’s always good to talk with Chuck too.
Chuck and I are going to be singing at the wedding in June and we are working on our song…
It is going to be really pretty once we get it down and practice it. I love singing especially for two of the most special people I know.
This weekend Kyle and Elizabeth went to Camp Barakel where they first met! They went to a college & career retreat. I am excited to hear about it. I am sure they had a great time.
Anyway, I better go for now I have to go down to the kitchen to help mother make pizza for the all the people here at the Inn.
Coming Soon: I am going to be adding different articles on the topics of Modesty, Femininity, Courtship, Home & Family and more. I want to include more content to my site especially for Young Ladies. To help and encourage you more and more in you’re daily walk with the Lord.
I am hoping to also update more often with different articles that will inspire you as you minister to others through your home… So visit back soon!
