Reckless Abandonment

Have you ever thought of what reckless abandonment towards the Lord looks like? I recently heard a great teaching on it. The subject really hit home to me and I think abandonment is a lesson we all need to learn.

To really understand what abandonment looks like, we need to know first what it means.


Dictionary.com defined abandon this way:

1. to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert

2.to give up the control of

3. to yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation; give (oneself) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control

So when you say you want to abandon your life to the Lord you are giving up the control you have, forsaking it completely, yielding it wholly to the Lord....

This is a huge undertaking!!! To give up everything in your life and give it to the Lord isn't easy at all.... It's not just giving up the things sinful things that are in our lives, its bigger than that!! It's yielding all your wishes, plans, dreams, your life style, preferences, your very being to the Lord. Giving it all to Him to do with as He sees fit. Not holding anything back, but letting Him have utter control!


WOW! It's mind boggling just writing it out! We live in a society that puts great value on make your own choices, doing your own thing, it's your life to live as you please......
I found this scripture that pretty much sums up how we ought to live "our" life in Christ:

"But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ.....I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." ~Philippians 3:7-8, 14

We must let go of everything, offer it up to the Lord, in order to gain all that is Christ!

We have no right to hold anything back from the one who made us! Like I said it is not an easy process nor is it a quick one, but think of how awesome it is to have our whole lives living for Jesus!!

"I have but one desire now–to live a life of reckless abandon, putting all my energy and strength into it."
–Ed McCully, Missionary Martyr

Roses.....

Hello Everyone!

Sorry for the absence of posts this weekend!

This last week has been so busy, but very enjoyable!

On Thursday I was able to go and help a momma with a lot of little ones organize and clean her house for company.

Friday we had a wonderful time celebrating a friends birthday.

And Saturday was spent helping another sweet friend get ready for a fellowship time!

We had a great time being with them and another sweet family!

It was a very encouraging too be with other like minded people.

Anyway, that was my weekend!

I thought I'd share some rose pictures I took the other day!

These roses were so big and they smelled great too!

I really liked this red one. It was as big as my hand!

When you see a rosebud, you know that if you are patient,

soon a beautiful flower will open up and be an enjoyment to all who see it!

But, if we are impatient about seeing this flower bloom we may force it to bloom to early by trying to open it our self instead of letting nature do it.

If this happens the bud is no longer an enjoyment to anyone, because it did not have the proper time to mature and grow.

I see young women this way as well.

If we are patient and let the Lord guide us and mature us in His own timing, we will bloom under His hand.

But if we are impatient about growing up or getting married or whatever, we will end up taking matters into our own hands and trying to force something to happen.

When this happens we take it out of the Lord's hand and we can no longer grow and mature how He had planned. We can end up blemished and broken. God can still fix a broken life, but think of how much time was lost just by our impatient acts.

So, with that being said let us as young women guard our hearts and give the Lord complete rule over our lives. Don't try to act older than you are, be humble and be open to learning. If you are still single, wait on the Lord for your husband. And wait patiently! Don't go "looking".

I think this can be applied to all areas of life really! If we try to make something happen. We usually end up with a big mess and lots of disappointments.

This can be big things like getting married or having a baby, to small things like trying to make a get together work or anything to fill a void in your life.

If it doesn't seem to be working out it is usually not the Lord's timing for it yet!

One Of My Favorite Songs......

This is a song I heard not to long ago.

I really like the words to it so I thought I'd share!!!

BE THE CENTRE

Jesus, be the centre;

be my source;

be my light, Jesus

Jesus, be the centre;

be my hope;

be my song, Jesus

Be the fire in my heart;

be the wind in these sails;
Be the reason that I live, Jesus, Jesus

Jesus, be my vision;

be my path;

be my guide, Jesus

Words by: Michael Frye

Aren't these words good!?

They are all the things I want to find in Jesus!!!

I want Jesus to be the complete center of my life!

An Idea for Mother's Day.....

With Mother's day this weekend I started thinking about ways to express how thankful I am for my Mom!!

How much of a blessing and a encouragement she is to me.

So, the Lord gave me the idea to write out Proverbs 31 the way it fits to my Mom's life to give as a gift to her.

For example in verse 16 it says: "She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard."

Sometimes it can be hard to see how a scripture fits to the presents day. My mom isn't going to go buy a field anytime soon, but she does plant a garden every year and she is also very good at being frugal.

So I wrote down this verse like this:

You get out your gardening books, ready to plan a fruit filled garden.
You are very knowledgeable in the art of being frugal.
You enjoy the challenge of improvising to save Dad’s money.

You still get the heart of what the scripture is about,

but it is encouraging to Mom because she can apply it to her daily life!!!

(We do this with a lot of scriptures at my house)

Here is the whole thing:

(Sorry its a bit long)

My Proverbs 31 Mom

Such a good women is hard to find…
And is priceless to all who know her!

Dad trusts you whole-heartedly.
You are never spiteful, you treat him with love your entire life.

Your closet is full of beautiful fabric.
You delight in making things with your hands!

You are like a trading ship that sails away to far away places
and brings back enjoyed surprises.

You arise while it is still dark to care for the needs of your baby.
You always have a listening ear ready to catch the sound of a crying child.

You get out your gardening books, ready to plan a fruit filled garden.
You are very knowledgeable in the art of being frugal.
You enjoy the challenge of improvising to save Dad’s money.

In the morning, you dress for the work ahead of you.
You are eager to get the job started

The work you put yourself into is priceless.
You have learned to put your trust in the Lord and lean on Him.

You are a skilled homemaker, a diligent wife and mother!

You will tramp through the snow and mud to assist someone the Lord has put on your heart.
You bless people with your art of letter writing. Many people speak highly of you!

When it is cold outside we don’t fear. Our clothing is already in our closets!
You see to it that our needs are taken care of!

You attend to the schooling of your children.
We love to learn and adore books because of you!

Dad is greatly respected and well know in town.
You are always willing to help him wherever you are needed.
You bring honor to his name!

You create beautiful things. Your house is a cozy home by the thoughtfulness of your hands.

You face tomorrow with a smile on your face!
And thrive in multi-tasking.


When you speak, you always have something worthwhile to say.
You bring forth your words with kindness and humility on your tongue.

You oversee your household well.
Your eye is quick to see what needs to be done.
You keep us all busy and productive.

We, your children respect, honor and bless you. Dad joins in our praise of you!
“Lots of women have done wonderful things, but you outshine them all!”

Charm can be misleading and we all grow old and gray.
But the woman that is praised here is a woman who lives to serves the Lord!

Lets give her all the praise and honor she deserves!

Flood her life and work with praises!!!

I am so blessed to have a wonderful Momma!!!

Even in writing this I still did cover half the things she does!

Sometimes it can be easy to forget the day to day things that our Mom do for us.

Let's be sure and thank them not just on Mother's Day but as often as we can!

(Kind of like talking to Jesus more than just on Christmas and Easter!)

I'd love to hear how you are planning to bless you Mom this Mother's Day!!

Or something you enjoy about her!

Who are you in Christ?

My Mom put this list of scriptures up on the wipe off board in the hallway.

They have really encouraged me so I thought I'd share them with you!!!

If you have any other favorite promises we have in Christ please share!

You are God’s child John 1:12

You are God’s friend John 15:15

You have been justified Romans 5:1

You are united with the Lord and one with Him in the spirit 1 Cor. 6:17

You have been bought with a price. You belong to God 1Cor. 6:20

You are a member of Christ’s body 1Cor. 12:27

You are a saint Eph. 1:1

You have been adopted by God Eph 1:5

You have direct access to God through His spirit Eph 2:18

You have been redeemed and forgiven of all your sins Cor 1:14

You are complete in Christ Col 2:10

You are assured that all things work together for good Romans 8:28

You can not be separated from the love of God Romans 8:35

You have been anointed and sealed by God 2Cor 1:21

You can be confident that the good work He began in you will be perfected Phil 1:6

You have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind

2Tim 1:17

You can find grace and mercy in times of need Heb 4:16

You are born of God and the evil one cannot touch you 1 John 5:18

You are the salt and light of the earth Mathew 5:13-14

You are the branch of the vine, a channel of His life John 15:1&5

You are a personal witness of Christ Acts 1:8

You are God’s temple 1Cor 3:16

You may approach God with freedom and confidence Eph 3:12

You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you Phil 4:13

Aren't these good!?!

I'm glad that we are loved so much by Jesus!!!

Hope you all have a blessed Sunday and remember how special you to Him!

Finding Joy In Your Work......

Everyone has at least one chore or job that they really dislike doing. For me its cleaning Baby Girl’s cloth diapers. If you have ever had to wash out poopy cloth diapers you know exactly what I’m talking about. If you have not lets just say it quite unpleasant!

Recently I have been given an opportunity in growing in the area of enjoying my work.
Not just doing a job because it has to be done. But really taking enjoyment in what I’m doing and seeing it as an opportunity to be a servant.

With Baby Girl’s diapers I can be thankful that we can save money by using cloth, that she was born into this family, that Dad installed a wonderful huge sink in the laundry room to make cleaning easier, etc.

I have found that when I am content in what work I need to accomplish it is so much easier to find things to be thankful for, rather than only thinking about what a drudgery it is.

I’m learning to find joy even in Mondays! I haven’t liked Monday very much in the past because it is the beginning of another long, full week and the end of a restful Sunday. However, the Lord has encouraged me to be thankful for Mondays! They are the start to a wonderful week in which I can be a blessing to my family, enjoy the beautiful things the Lord made, and to learn new things!

It is really easy to enjoy something you like doing. But it a wonderful thing to be able to find joy in a task that isn’t your favorite!
My Dad once taught us that instead of having the attitude that we “have to do something” (i.e. work); say “we get to do……….”!
Like, this next week I get to wash Baby Girl’s diapers! Saying it this way changes that whole way you look at the work.

So, tomorrow is Monday…….I get to wake up and milk the goats, make breakfast, wash the dishes, file Dad’s paperwork etc! I’m going to be thankful for all that the Lord has provided me with.

Sisters, I encourage you to look at your work in a new way! Whether you are cleaning the house, mucking out the barn, washing the mountain of dishes or whatever jobs lay ahead of you, find joy and contentment in what is before you! Be thankful for all that the Lord has provided, instead of seeing it as a drudgery!


Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,
since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Col. 3:23-24

Do everything without complaining or arguing. Phil. 2:14

What The Wildflowers Reminded Me.......

"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

"So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;

and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

"Therefore do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?' or "What shall we drink?' or "What shall we wear?'

For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things". Matthew 6: 25-34

The Lord put this scripture on my heart these last couple of days.

I have been really anxious about different things in my life. Little things like making sure I have what I need to go on my trip, to lifetime things like will I ever get married?

I found that I was becoming a worry-wort!

Always thinking about what was coming (or lack there of). So much so that I was finding it hard to just rest in Jesus, and letting Him take care of tomorrow.

Sisters, it is very easy to get bound up in our issues and worries. But if we can learn to turn all our plans, our problems and the like over to Jesus do you know how much freer we will be?!

Let us not worry what tomorrow brings, but let us focus on rest fully on the Lord!

picture taken by myself

Idle Hands vs. Helping Hands ~Part 7~

Here is the final part to the Ministry list!

If you only have a few minutes:

~ Be a prayer warrior! Everyone needs prayer, have your heart open to the Lord and pray for people as you go about your day.

~ Write an encouraging note to other sisters. I know what a blessing it is to get a sweet letter in the mail, especially if I’ve had a hard day. Even a postcards telling them you are thinking of them is nice! The Lord will put a special person on your heart, just when they need it.

~ Leave a comment on a sister’s blog letting her know you were thinking about her.

~ Call someone up whether it’s your Grandma, Mom, friend or whoever and let them know they are special to you! Or even text them! (technology is so nice for this)

~ Send out birthday cards to widows, singles or mommas. These people don’t usually get cards. I know it is a great blessing when I receive a birthday card in the mail! It makes me feel really special!

~Even just picking a pretty flower, putting it in a vase and giving it to someone will make their day!

Stay tuned for the next list I’m putting together, about furthering your education ideas and ways to make money from home!

I was so blessed to see that I got over 200 hits on my blog this week!
Thank you to all who commented and left ideas for me!

( I will be adding you suggestions to the lists by the way. )

If you can, please take a few minutes and let me know what you thought about the whole list. It would really be a big blessing to me to know if posts like
this are helpful or if there is anything that might need to be changed.

Thank you so much!

I look forward to reading your comments!!

"No one is uesless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."

~Charles Dickens

Idle Hands vs. Helping Hands ~Part 6~

Misc. things to do for ministry:

~ If you like to garden: plant one or add on to the one you have for the purpose of giving it away. Give the vegetables and fruit to a family who might be struggling financially or to the elderly you know who are on a fixed income.

~ Help by schooling your siblings or other children you know. I did this for two years right after I graduated. The children I schooled were my little brother and two other children whose mother had left them. Ask your Mom about this, she might not want you to take over all the schooling on a child, but might like a hand for a few subjects.

~ Just being available to the people in your community or church is a great thing! Sometimes the head librarian at the library in town will ask us to come in and rearrange to books because we have made it known to her that if she ever needed help we were available to help. Letting people know that you are willing to help wherever needed is a wonderful ministry!

~ If you can play an instrument well, why not set up with the nursing home in your community to come in and play for the people living there. I know the elderly love this! Again, it is a great way to get to know them.

For Tomorrow: If you only have a few minutes......

To read the rest of this list click here for:

Part One,

Part Two,

Part Three,

Part Four,

Part Five

Idle Hands vs. Helping Hands ~Part 5~

If you like to knit or crochet:



~ Knitted or crocheted preemie (or babies in the NICU), hats and blankets are very much of a blessing to the families who receive them. I wasn’t able to find an organization that is dedicated to just this. But one place did suggest just getting in touch with a hospital in your area to see how to get these items to the families. Be sure and pray for the baby and the family as you are creating the item!

~Prayer Shawls 4 Fallen Soldiers is an organization that sends knitted blankets to the families who have lost a family member in the war. Go to www.webpages.charter.net/ps4fs/shawls/ for more information. You can also visit http://www.shawlministry.com/ for more ideas on where to send knitted and crocheted blankets.

~ The homeless shelters can use knitted or crocheted hats, gloves, scarves and blankets. If you started now just think of how many you could donate by wintertime! And think about how

special it would make a person feel to receive something from a person they didn’t even know!

This list was a little short too. So if you have any other ideas for blessing someone with your knitting and crocheting let me know!

If you haven't read the other parts to this list go here for:

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

For Tomorrow: Misc things to do for ministry

Painting by Mary Cassatt

Idle Hands vs. Helping Hands ~Part 4~

If you have a heart to help out Mommas:

~ I started a ministry using Preschool Activities In A Bag a couple of years ago. I really enjoy putting them together and I know it blesses the Mommas to receive them! To learn more go to http://www.activitybags.com/ or if you have any questions about doing this just leave me a comment. I’d love to tell you about them!

~ Another way to help out Mommas is to offer to take care of their other children when a new baby is born. This too is what I do as a ministry. I’ll go to their house sometimes a few days before the baby is born, usually when the momma feels like she is ready for some extra help. While I’m there, I will watch/play with the children, cook meals, help with cleaning or any other things that need doing. Once I ended up staying with a family a whole week, because they needed some extra help. So be ready to be a big blessing!

~You can also offer to help watch the children if Mom has a big project going on that she needs her full attention on. Like spring-cleaning, school planning, garden planning etc.
I put together a special baby-sitting box that I take with me when I go help out. It has craft supplies, games, books, puzzles and outside toys in it. It is a big hit with the children!

I didn't have as many ideas for this section. So, if you have any other ideas on helping mothers let me know!

To read the rest of this list go here for Part One, Part Two, Part Three

For Tomorrow: If you like to knit of crochet

Painting by Mary Cassatt

Idle Hands vs. Helping Hands ~Part 3~

Part 3 of the Ministry List

( go here for part one and here for part two)

If you have a heart for the Elderly:

~ Become a driver for some of the elderly people you know. Many times when a person gets older their vision changes and they don’t feel comfortable driving around anymore.
You could drive them to the store, doctor appointments or just around town.

~ Help out with cleaning around their house or go the store for them (sometimes places like Home-Health won’t do this). My Great-Grandma has trouble getting around because of a bad leg, so housework, laundry, etc. is hard for her to accomplish.
She lives over 3 hours away, so I can’t help her with this. But, if she were closer, I definitely would!

~ Even just being a companion to an elderly person, is such a blessing to them! I love to listen to them talk about their lives when they were younger. You can learn so much from them. And what a great way to practice Titus 2!

~ Volunteer at a nursing home or at a home for people with Alzheimers. Many times these place are packed full and the nursing staff isn’t able to take time to visit with the patients all the time. So having someone come in who enjoys visiting with them is a great blessing to the staff and the patients!

~Sometimes these faculties are quite short on money and time that they don’t have the funds to update the paint, magazines or wall decorations. Becoming a volunteer is a great way to help with this. At the Alzheimers home we have in town, the planting boxes outside are broken and the plants were dying, the magazines had been there for a very long time too. The fish tank they have in the foyer is in need of monthly cleaning also. So, my family is thinking about asking if we could come in and help out with those things.

~At the nursing home, you could also volunteer to do the lady’s hair and nails. I know it means a lot to them to look nice and it makes them feel special too!

~ Reading to the elderly is another way to bless them! I can’t imagine life without reading books, but as people get older sometimes it gets harder and harder to see small words.

If you have any other ideas on howto bless the elderly please leave a comment!

Or if you thought it was helpful let me know!

For Tomorrow: If you have a heart to help out Mommas

Idle Hands vs. Helping Hands ~Part 2~

Here is the second part of the Ministry list!

(To read part one go here)

If you like to cook or bake:

~ Make a couple of meals (frozen or fresh) for a family who might have a sickness going around. Mommas are very tired during this time and don’t have a lot of time to think about what to cook.

~Or make meals when a new baby arrives. When Baby Girl was born several people brought meals to our house. It helped tremendously since Mom could not come down stairs for a week and I was very busy with the other household things.

~You could also bless a family with a meal or two if you hear that they have a very busy week ahead of them or if they are going on a trip. You could bless them with a freezer meal for when they get back. I know its always a hassle to figure out what to cook right when you get back from a trip.

~ Bake a birthday cake for a family who just had a baby. When Baby girl was born, a sweet sister brought us a cake their family had made for her. It was such a special gift!

~ Do the cooking for an elderly person/couple. The elderly have so much knowledge to give and usually they love people to come and visit. So what better way to build a relationship, than to help with their cooking! You could make up some dinners for them once a week that they could pull out of the freezer. The dollar store has cheap individual sized meal containers you could put their meals in. Be your own meals on wheels!

~ You could even make up a bunch of freezer meals for your own family. This is a great blessing to my mom, especially during the summer months when we are outside most of the day. Its really nice to be able to get a meal out of the freezer and go on with other things and have dinner ready in an hour! A great place to get freezer meals recipes is in the 30-Day Gourmet Cookbook ( http://www.30daygourmet.com/ )

Be sure and comment if you have any other ideas or if you were just blessed by it!

For Tomorrow: If you have a Heart for the Elderly

Idle Hands vs. Helping Hands

When I first started this post, I was mainly writing it for young women who were graduated from school and single. But as I went along, I found that there is such a need for all young women whether still in school, graduated or married without children at home to be productively using our time!

So many young women are unsure what to with their time that we end up spending a lot of time focused on what we don’t have yet. Such as counting down the days until you can be done with your school forever, waiting around for Mr. Right to show up or feeling incomplete because you haven’t been blessed with a baby yet.
These are all things that can hinder us from truly pouring ourselves into the Lord’s work for us.
There is so much more life in blessing other people than being focused on what we don’t have.

Sisters, do you know that we have been wasting a wonderful opportunity that the Lord has given us?
For those of us who don’t have a husband or family to take care of yet what a wonderful time we have been given to fully embrace the ministry the Lord has called us to!
We don’t have the responsibilities of a family on us yet, and some of us have older siblings who can take care of themselves and share the household workload so then you have even more time to give the Lord!

For those of you who are married but don’t have a baby yet. You will have more to tend to than the singles. But there is still time during the day after the household things are done and your husband is still at work, to dedicate to the Lord!

Let us embrace the in between times and prayerfully consider what the best use of our time could be!

So, with all that said………..
I’ve put together a list of all the ministry opportunities I could think of hoping that it might help you find something you would like to do as a ministry.
I researched some websites to go along with the ideas to help you get started.
(I do not endorse these websites; I’m just using them for ideas)

I hope that something on this list will spark an interest for you!

Because of how big this list is, I broke it up into seven segments and will be posting one everyday this next week. So be sure and check back to see the newest one!

If you know of any other ministry opportunity that I didn’t add, please leave me a comment and I’ll add it to the list. I will be updating this list regularly so the more ideas I have the more help it can be to all of you!

If this list blesses you at all, please post about it on your blog (you are welcome to copy the list as long as you add a link to my blog). Or if you know of someone who would be blessed by it, please send it to them! There are so many sisters who feel unsure of how to minister from home. There is such a need for this.

PLEASE get this list out there!!!!

If you Like To Sew:

~Sew baby clothing and blankets for families of newborns in the NICU or their baby died. There are many organizations that deal with this ministry. Pray for the family and the baby while you are sewing the items.
Try this Christian site, http://www.threadsoflove.com/

~ Many moms don’t have the time to sew dresses or clothing for their children or themselves. You could have her buy the pattern, fabric and offer to sew it for her.

~ I recently found out Downy has program that delivers handmade quilts to sick children receiving treatment in the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. What a wonderful way to pray for the child receiving the blanket and for the families of the sick child! Go to http://www.downy.com/ to find out more.

~ You can sew prayer blankets for cancer patients. While taking chemo, patients get quite cold, so having a blanket to wrap up in is helpful. Pray over the person receiving the blanket while you are sewing! http://www.prayerquilt.org/

~ I found several organizations that do sewing for children in orphanages. One was Come & Sew Ministries International( http://www.comeandsew.org/ ). They sew blanket sleepers, quilts, coloring bags, etc. for children in the Russian orphanages, as well as some other places. If you don’t want to send the items you’ve sewn thru an organization, most churches have a missionary they support. You could contact them and ask what kind of sewn items are needed and send it directly to them.

~ Many homeless shelters will take donations of sewn items. Items that might be enjoyed are baby clothing, quilts, bags and children’s clothing. Check with the homeless shelter nearest you to see what their needs are.


For Tomorrow: If You Like To Cook or Bake

Prayer.......

I recently had an opportunity to grow in the area of prayer.
A sweet friend passed away not long ago. He had been quite sick. Many people were praying that he would be healed. Well, a few days later he went to be with the Lord. I had a really hard time understanding why even though we had prayed for his healing the Lord took him anyway.
“What ever you ask for in prayer”…..Right?

However, I had forgot the most important thing about praying, that it is all is the Lord’s hands. I can’t make Him do what I want.
I had been demanding toward the Lord, I wanted Him to do things my way. If I had prayed with an open heart then I wouldn’t have gone to the place of questioning the Lord’s will later. I still would have been sad that our friend was gone, but I would have been in a good place in my heart about what the Lord had chosen.

I would encourage you sweet friends to remember that the Lord is like a father, our own fathers wouldn’t like a demanding child, so do you think our heavenly Father would?

This doesn’t mean, not to put our prayers before Him, but to do it such a way that it is with an open heart to what ever the Lord has.
Lord not my will, but yours be done!

To All My Sisters......

Hello to you all!!!!
I’m very excited about this blog! I pray it is an encouragement and a blessing to you.
I look forward to sharing with you the things that I have learned over the years, things I’m learning now and things I will find out in the future!

I started this blog, because the Lord put the desire in my heart to have a place where single ladies who are still at home would be able encourage one another and also to be an encouragement to the younger girls who will be in our position soon.
However, I hope it is an encouragement to all ladies, married or single, older or younger!
I look forward to getting to know you and pray that we can learn to grow to be godly women, helpmeets to our husbands, loving mothers and to excel in the things the Lord might call us to.

I love to hear about what the Lord is growing my friends in, so I hope you will leave many comments about things that are encouraging to you also!
I hope you all have a very blessed day! And I look forward to writing to you again very soon!
Much love,
Laura