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Love this!! Check the movement out! One of my new goals in life is to meet this man! Come along with me friends!

Check it out. Get involved.

There are so many ways to help out!! Since I have an abundace of friends that are into photography here is a chance for you all to serve. Set yourself to the side for a day and lend a hand of hope!! Would love to do it alongside any of you so if you would like to join give me a whisper Hope to see many of you get involved! Love you guys all so very much!

~~B~~

Isaiah 48

¹“Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel
And who came forth from the loins of Judah,
Who swear by the name of the LORD
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in righteousness.
²“For they call themselves after the holy city
And lean on the God of Israel;
The LORD of hosts is His name.
³“I declared the former things long ago
And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them
Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
⁴“Because I know that you are obstinate,
And your neck is an iron sinew
And your forehead bronze,
⁵Therefore I declared them to you long ago,
Before they took place I proclaimed them to you,
So that you would not say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.’
⁶“You have heard; look at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I proclaim to you new things from this time,
Even hidden things which you have not known.
⁷“They are created now and not long ago;
And before today you have not heard them,
So that you will not say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
⁸“You have not heard, you have not known
Even from long ago your ear has not been open,
Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;
And you have been called a rebel from birth.
⁹“For the sake of My name I delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.
¹⁰“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
¹¹“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And My glory I will not give to another.

¹²“Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called;
I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.
¹³“Surely My hand founded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I call to them, they stand together.
¹⁴“Assemble, all of you, and listen!
Who among them has declared these things?
The LORD loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
¹⁵“I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
¹⁶“Come near to Me, listen to this:
From the first I have not spoken in secret,
From the time it took place, I was there
And now the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

¹⁷Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
“I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit,
Who eads you in the way you should go.
¹⁸“If only you had paid attention to My commandments!
Then your well-being would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
¹⁹“Your descendants would have been like the sand,
And your offspring like its grains;
Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”
²⁰Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this,
Send it out to the end of the earth;
Say, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob.”
²¹They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts
He made the water flow out of the rock for them;
He split the rock and the water gushed forth.
²²“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the LORD.

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This girl is a beautiful daughter of a loving Abba!  She is a princess to the utmost highest King.  She sits as lovely in His sight….forgiven and whole.  She is my sister.  We have our struggles with her, but we love her!  We wait in wonder to see the young, passionate woman of God that she is molded into! Keep her in your prayers as she battles the life of a young lady! Kayla, I love you! Stand firm and let Him guide you always!

Love Sis

when God slaps……

Woke up this morning and got in the Word…..went to nanny and had a blast……..got a special visit and felt cared for and protected…..got a text….and…..

GOT SLAPPED IN THE FACE BY GOD!

Yes you read right.  I got slapped.  How you may wonder??!! A great, and kind of distant friend of mine, sent me a text with a video.  She does not really know where I am in life right now, and she is not a Christian…..and this is the video I received……with a message that read,

I saw this and just knew I had to send it to you. I do not know why but please be still and listen to and wait for God! I love you.

Here’s the video: for any of you that know whats going on in my life…..you understand! Hope this video speaks to at least one of you too!

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God is good all the time and all the time God is good

The war will be won….

 

After a fantastic weekend of God taking me to the peaks and into the valleys, I sit here on this beautiful Monday afternoon, anticipating where God is leading me.  A new week, a new month, a new season for me.  God has been revealing Himself in ways I could not have ever asked for these past couple of weeks and it has been a joy to draw closer, but at the same time, those revealings have twisted my heart and mind into a jumbled mess!

Yesterday was a day of wrestling and beating and questioning.  I feel as though I was in the ring with Satan losing battle after battle.  I am physically, emotionally, and more importantly, spiritually weak and hurting.  I would be lifted up, only to be  taken down again.  I know I have not lost the war, but quite honestly these battles are hard!  In the past three days, on numerous occasions, I just wanted to throw my hands up and scream surrender…..I give up.  Every time though, God’s still voice was there saying, “Sweet child of mine, I have you.  Keep fighting.  Keep your eyes on Me. I have this.  Let me do this.”  Surrender.  I need to learn to surrender to Him, wholly!

My best and dearest friend gave me a what if question last night that broke me.  In my wrestlings with God, there has been a nail just surfaced on my heart holding that very question that he asked, and last night with one sentence, with one question, that nail was finally driven in and my heart began to genuinely bleed what I know needs to be wrestled with more and ultimately conquered.  Its hard.  My immediate reaction was to be upset with him, to be angered, how could he possibly understand how hard this is? Who is he to hammer that nail in?  How silly of me.  Realizing the stream of blood flowing, I calmed and saw that there was care and concern, the true motive.  I had to step aside and put myself in his position.  I broke; the stream was now a rushing river that brought more fears, more questions, and more insecurity.  The wrestling continues, but I am somehow freer and that much closer to following God in winning this war!

There is so much running through my heart and mind that I cannot possibly get it all into words on here but know that even through trials there are countless joys in our Savior!  I cannot thank God enough for this season of life that I am in.  No matter how tough, God is there and He has so graciously given me family and friends that are right here beside me fighting with and for me!  I am blessed and will worship my Abba with all of my heart, all of my soul, and all of my strength.

Much love as you go into this week!  Hang in there and continue to strive for the end of the race is near.

Peace and grace to each of you,

~B~

Oh Georgia….

Although I love the landscape of the west, the weather of the north, and the culture of the far, far west, Georgia is home and will always be home in my heart!  Today is one of those days where I can just sit in awe of such an amazing Artist!  The leaves are changing, the weather is cooling, and the countryside is rolling!  Gorgeous!

I love the sunrises and sunsets during this season and all the colors that are in every one.  The blue skies during the day with the wind gently rustling the fallen leaves; there are no words to describe the happiness it fills me up with!  It makes me fall back in the soft grass and stare lovingly upward, as if trying to keep my eyes locked with such a lovely Father!  My heart pounds inside my chest, as I am here, at a loss of words to adequately praise Him and bring Him what He is due!  How unfathomable His love!

It is times like these, that I miss it the most, that is the camera!  A beautiful day, a 2-year-old being adorable in the field of sunshine, and a baby that could not reflect any more love among the grass and freshly fallen leaves!  I hope to hold these images forever!

Images to be held forever…..tomorrow!

October 30…Rebecca Elizabeth West’s 21st birthday!  I cannot thank God enough for the friend that she is to me!  We have faced so many trials together but we have also celebrated many joys together!  It has definitely been a friendship that we have both had to fight very hard for, but because of that, this friendship is for life!  We have had so many memories made together and beginning tomorrow late afternoon, many more shall be made!  We are headed downtown for dinner and swing dancing and then we are headed back to my house with everyone to bonfire it up and enjoy an evening with lovely friends!  Saturday we will be heading to Rome to continue celebrating her big day and of course Halloween!  I cannot wait for the details of the weekend to begin to unfold tomorrow!  I know great times are ahead of us all!

I will be dressing up tomorrow and Sunday! First real-time dressing up since I have never really celebrated Halloween. Tomorrow night I will be a leopard (sassy??!!) and Brett will have some sort of leopard print on!  How very handsome   Becs and Tay will be Wheres Waldo/Wanda….very cute. Cant wait to see what others come as!  Sunday I will be an orange crayon..haha..how so very exciting!  Pictures will be posted asap from the events of this weekend!

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe weekend with lots of marvelous memories!  Cant wait to see the pictures of many of you and the stories!

With lots of love and many laughs,

~~B~~

Deep breath…1,2,3,….

WOW!  That’s all my brain can think of right now! WOW!

I must have lost my mind when I decided that 17 hours would be fine in an 8 week period!  It is only Tuesday of the first week and I am already streesed beyond repair (well at least until the 8 weeks are over)!  As much as I have been ready for school to get started, I am now ready for it to be over! I cannot wait to see what I learn this semester though!  I actually have interesting classes….that’s definitely a plus. I know school keeps many of you stressed as well!  We are all going to make it

Sitting before the throne on many of your behalf’s this week!  Keep persevering. Grace and peace to you, His beloved!

~~B~~