Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Giveaway
So there's a giveaway going on over at www.sunnebnkwrtr.blogspot.com :) Some books up for grabs... 8 to be exact! So head on over at enter! I am :) And even if you don't enter, leave a comment for Carole, cause she has an incredible blog! (and she's a SUPER person) :)
Monday, June 27, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
From My Heart
Hello, my friends! I'm sorry that I haven't posted in so long. I've been trying to compose this post for several days now but just wasn't able to get the words out right.
As most of you know, last weekend was a pretty tough one. Starting on Thursday and lasting even up into this week. Tough. Alot harder than I thought it would be. There were tears. There were phonecalls, texts, hugs, and conversations.... and all those were accompained by tears. Tears I didn't want to shed, but that came without bidding. The greatness of the loss came over me like sea billows on Thursday and throughout the time since. Loss of so many things... it's not just about a wedding that didn't happen. It's not just about a broken relationship. It's about souls. It's about souls that will miss Heaven if they don't find Jesus precious to their hearts again. It's about hurt that has been inflicted on the Body of Christ. That's what it is about. It's really sad.
I don't want those billows to cease, because they give me a renewed urgency and fervor to hold on and to be DESPERATE for God to work. I will not be satisfied until the miracle happens and there is peace and reconciliation again. I know what God has promised and because of the promise and because of the loss I will be DESPERATE until God performs the impossiblities.
So yes, the weekend/week has been tough. But it's also been very good. Through this God showed me areas that I need to move up in. God was faithful to lead me once again. And He was also, full of Grace. His Grace that sustained and held me throughout the weekend and these hard days this week. God's amazing Grace, has comforted me and given me peace even in the midst of the darkest storm of my life. I'm so thankful for the Arms of my Heavenly Father and for His continual leadership and faithfulness to me.
My "was-to-be" wedding day is over, and there are no more dates looming in the future that I will face. The wedding day was the close of a chapter of my life. Now it's on to the next one. And the title of this one?
" When man's impossiblities and FAITH meet God's Power there is Miracles."
Just words today, coming straight from my heart. I'm writing for me, because I never want to forget the emotions I am feeling, and most importantly I never want to forget the lessons I am learning along the way. This blog is my journal. My way to remember. My journey in words through love, loss, and eventually my Miracle.
Hope you all have a Blessed Wednesday!
As most of you know, last weekend was a pretty tough one. Starting on Thursday and lasting even up into this week. Tough. Alot harder than I thought it would be. There were tears. There were phonecalls, texts, hugs, and conversations.... and all those were accompained by tears. Tears I didn't want to shed, but that came without bidding. The greatness of the loss came over me like sea billows on Thursday and throughout the time since. Loss of so many things... it's not just about a wedding that didn't happen. It's not just about a broken relationship. It's about souls. It's about souls that will miss Heaven if they don't find Jesus precious to their hearts again. It's about hurt that has been inflicted on the Body of Christ. That's what it is about. It's really sad.
I don't want those billows to cease, because they give me a renewed urgency and fervor to hold on and to be DESPERATE for God to work. I will not be satisfied until the miracle happens and there is peace and reconciliation again. I know what God has promised and because of the promise and because of the loss I will be DESPERATE until God performs the impossiblities.
So yes, the weekend/week has been tough. But it's also been very good. Through this God showed me areas that I need to move up in. God was faithful to lead me once again. And He was also, full of Grace. His Grace that sustained and held me throughout the weekend and these hard days this week. God's amazing Grace, has comforted me and given me peace even in the midst of the darkest storm of my life. I'm so thankful for the Arms of my Heavenly Father and for His continual leadership and faithfulness to me.
My "was-to-be" wedding day is over, and there are no more dates looming in the future that I will face. The wedding day was the close of a chapter of my life. Now it's on to the next one. And the title of this one?
" When man's impossiblities and FAITH meet God's Power there is Miracles."
Just words today, coming straight from my heart. I'm writing for me, because I never want to forget the emotions I am feeling, and most importantly I never want to forget the lessons I am learning along the way. This blog is my journal. My way to remember. My journey in words through love, loss, and eventually my Miracle.
Hope you all have a Blessed Wednesday!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Living For A Miracle
So I've been thinking alot about how different this week and next would have been if Nathan and I were still together. We would be down to less than a week of when we would have been Mr. & Mrs. I would have been tending to last minute wedding details, anxiously awaiting the arrival of my Bridal Party (as none of them live here), and counting down the hours til I would be Nay's wife. But instead today, I am cleaning the carpet here at home, cleaning the back porch, and other non-essential things like that. So yeah, it's weird, to think about that. It seems strange to realise how different my life would be. I struggled for awhile, with the whole wedding thing. I didn't want to think about not getting married. I didn't want to face June 10th, with no ceremony... no Groom... no White dress... no anything happening that day. But you know what? I'm not struggling anymore. Why? Because back then I was living in for a wedding. Now, I'm living for a miracle.
Living for a miracle that God has promised me. One that is so beautiful and amazing that I cannot even begin to explain it. God took my focus off of June 10th, and instead placed it on a miracle that's coming... In His time. The "manna from Heaven" verse in the sidebar of my blog today, talks about God knowing my times. He knows exactly when the miracle is going to happen. He knows when that day of Wedded Bliss will come. He knows the exact date that I'll wear that White Dress and walk down the aisle to that Groom. He knows. And all He asked me to do was trust. Trust His Words... Trust His plan... and know that He will ALWAYS keep His promises.
So my friends, these days leading up to what would have been my Wedding Day, are not filled with fear, pain, and tears. They are filled with Hope, Anticipation and Joy, because I am living every moment of every single day for My PROMISED Miracle.
Happy Saturday, My friends! Rejoice in the Lord, for in Him we have peace, joy, and GREAT expectancy. Remember, the miracle could happen today!
Living for a miracle that God has promised me. One that is so beautiful and amazing that I cannot even begin to explain it. God took my focus off of June 10th, and instead placed it on a miracle that's coming... In His time. The "manna from Heaven" verse in the sidebar of my blog today, talks about God knowing my times. He knows exactly when the miracle is going to happen. He knows when that day of Wedded Bliss will come. He knows the exact date that I'll wear that White Dress and walk down the aisle to that Groom. He knows. And all He asked me to do was trust. Trust His Words... Trust His plan... and know that He will ALWAYS keep His promises.
So my friends, these days leading up to what would have been my Wedding Day, are not filled with fear, pain, and tears. They are filled with Hope, Anticipation and Joy, because I am living every moment of every single day for My PROMISED Miracle.
Happy Saturday, My friends! Rejoice in the Lord, for in Him we have peace, joy, and GREAT expectancy. Remember, the miracle could happen today!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Faith
Hello, my friends! I know I've been off of here for a while! Sorry! It's been so busy! May has flown by and I cannot believe that we are almost half way through this year.
This past month has been one of growing in the Lord. He has taught me many, many things, but the most dominant one has been faith. Faith in God sounds fairly simple. I have always believed in God... believed that He could do the impossible... but God has been showing me that true faith, is so much more than that.
Faith is an expectant waiting for God to the impossible. It is anxiously waiting for, with a heart knowledge that it is going to happen, your miracle, your answer to prayer, your need to be met. Faith takes action. To have faith you must pray and talk to your Heavenly Father! He is the only one who can help you believe the way you should. You must put that faith in action by standing on and claiming that God is going to do what He said, no matter how impossible it looks. It is KNOWING that God is going to answer prayer and proclaiming that not only in your heart but verbally. It is planning for the situation, circumstance, etc... as if the answer to prayer has already happened. Faith is taking our hands completely off of the situation/ our life, and saying "Lord, this is COMPLETELY in Your hands! I CANNOT do this. I CANNOT work this out. ONLY YOU, can do this... ONLY YOU can work a miracle... ONLY YOU, can answer these prayers!" That is faith in action. That is TRUE Faith.
Having true faith doesn't mean that you're not going to have doubts sometimes. The Devil will work overtime to make you feel doubtful, like the situation is hopeless and that we are going to look like a fool for saying that God is going to do something so "impossible". That is not wrong, for the Devil will always try us... where it becomes wrong, is when we listen to him instead of rebuking the Devil and proclaiming once again with SURETY and CONFIDENCE that God IS going to answer prayer, that He IS going to do the impossible, and that He WILL fulfill His promises.
God will bolster our Faith and will give blessings to us if we continue to ask Him for His help and if we continue to TRULY believe that He IS going to do exactly what He said He would do. Faith is abandoning our feeble attempts to "make it work" and giving it ALL to God, and allowing Him to not just "make it work" but to "make it perfect"!
Just a few lessons I've been learning... Hope this helps someone as much as it's helped me!
Have a wonderful Tuesday, my friends!
This past month has been one of growing in the Lord. He has taught me many, many things, but the most dominant one has been faith. Faith in God sounds fairly simple. I have always believed in God... believed that He could do the impossible... but God has been showing me that true faith, is so much more than that.
Faith is an expectant waiting for God to the impossible. It is anxiously waiting for, with a heart knowledge that it is going to happen, your miracle, your answer to prayer, your need to be met. Faith takes action. To have faith you must pray and talk to your Heavenly Father! He is the only one who can help you believe the way you should. You must put that faith in action by standing on and claiming that God is going to do what He said, no matter how impossible it looks. It is KNOWING that God is going to answer prayer and proclaiming that not only in your heart but verbally. It is planning for the situation, circumstance, etc... as if the answer to prayer has already happened. Faith is taking our hands completely off of the situation/ our life, and saying "Lord, this is COMPLETELY in Your hands! I CANNOT do this. I CANNOT work this out. ONLY YOU, can do this... ONLY YOU can work a miracle... ONLY YOU, can answer these prayers!" That is faith in action. That is TRUE Faith.
Having true faith doesn't mean that you're not going to have doubts sometimes. The Devil will work overtime to make you feel doubtful, like the situation is hopeless and that we are going to look like a fool for saying that God is going to do something so "impossible". That is not wrong, for the Devil will always try us... where it becomes wrong, is when we listen to him instead of rebuking the Devil and proclaiming once again with SURETY and CONFIDENCE that God IS going to answer prayer, that He IS going to do the impossible, and that He WILL fulfill His promises.
God will bolster our Faith and will give blessings to us if we continue to ask Him for His help and if we continue to TRULY believe that He IS going to do exactly what He said He would do. Faith is abandoning our feeble attempts to "make it work" and giving it ALL to God, and allowing Him to not just "make it work" but to "make it perfect"!
Just a few lessons I've been learning... Hope this helps someone as much as it's helped me!
Have a wonderful Tuesday, my friends!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mother's Day!
A very Happy Mother's Day to my Beautiful Mum! Thank-You, for always being a consistent Christian example to me! Thank-You, for always loving me, supporting me, and showing me that God's in control! Thank-You, for believing in me when no one else does! Thank-You, for taking care of me, our home, and doing all the little things you do! They don't go unnoticed! Thank-You, for being my best friend... my confidant... my safe place... my shoulder to cry on... the arms of comfort and love. Thank-You, for being there especially through these last few months. Thank-You, for letting me grieve... but thank-you, especially for always pointing out the fact that I have to trust God! Thank-You, for praying for me and lifting me up to God! Thank-You, for just being you... You're so so so special and there is no one else in the world that could ever take your place in my heart! I love you, Mom, with all my heart! I'm so thankful God gave me you, to be my Momma! You're the best one in the whole world!
Love Now and Always,
Your Daughter
Love Now and Always,
Your Daughter
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Good Things Come From Above
But the only way to see them is by lifting up my eyes! The Lord spoke to me so clearly on Sunday and told me this. Lift up your eyes, Holly, there are good things coming, but you can't see them if your always looking at the ground! You can't see the mountain top (victory) if your looking at the valley (trial). So, I will life up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help! Feeling happy in Jesus this week! No matter the trial or the test, if I keep my focus upward, on HIM, I will see victory ahead... HEAVEN! If that's not enough to keep me going, I don't know what is! :) I have peace. Peace in the midst of trouble, there is peace in the midst of the storm. Peace because of God's presence! I can be in the middle of a roaring sea and still have peace! Praise the Lord for His peace! Peace which passeth all understanding... why does it pass all understanding? Because, normally there would not be peace in the middle of a bad storm at sea. There would be anxiety, fear, and confusion. But with Jesus as my Captain, I have peace. So thankful for my Heavenly Father, today and all that He's done for me! I love You, precious Jesus, with all of my heart!
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