Pumpkins

I LOVE the fall

It is my absolute FAVORITE season

The cool mornings, pleasant afternoons

The leaves changing colors

Red, yellow, orange

The crisp air

I love pumpkins

Scarecrows and mums

Fall decorations

I just love them

Did you know that fall is SO much fun in Kindergarten?

Especially pumpkins, digging out the seeds-how exciting is that?

The squeals, ooo's, and eeeks at the goop...priceless

 Don't you LOVE this face! :) 

Hope you have some valuable moments like this during this splendid fall season :)

Grace

It's been a while

What can I say, life is BUSY to say the least

Can you believe it is already the end of October

I certainly cannot, time is flying by 

This busyness of life continues to throw me curve balls left and right

Deciding how to handle those is quite a challenge

However, I am getting by with a little help

okay okay A LOT of help from a multitude of people 

I do have to shout-out to my amazing family, ALL of them

They are unbelievably wonderful, supportive, encouraging

and they are so good to me and I so do not deserve it AT ALL 

Thankfully, there is a huge umbrella of grace that covers me

I've started going to Sunday School at Shandon Baptist church and I am really enjoying it

We have been talking about dancing through life lavished in our sweet savior's grace

How often do we forget about that grace?

I can say wholeheartedly that I can get so wrapped up in the world's ways and fall into the trap of an undeserving heart and mind that I so don't go through life as FREE as you and I were born to live

YES we deserve NOTHING but death 

However, God's great grace is bigger, deeper, and so bountiful

Let's get out of that shell we encase ourselves in and

DANCE for joy in the abundant life we live thanks to our GRACIOUS savior!!! 

Wake up every morning and remind yourself of that precious umbrella of grace that extends over us. Thank you Jesus :) 

Hearts of Servants

Jesus always meets you RIGHT where we are

Isn't that such a blessing?! 

He is leading me where He wants me to go

And guess what, he wants me to willingly follow  

With glad anticipation of what is around the corner 

We are coming full circle here

For those of you that have been following me from the beginning 

I am back to where the Lord is screaming SURRENDER 

Why is that so dagblassted difficult? 

I know Jesus would not give me anything I cannot handle

I know that He has promised to be with me EVERY step of the way

At this phase of life, I spend a LOT of time in the car

To and from Columbia 3 times a week 

It is sometimes in that still quiet driving along that the Lord really speaks to my heart

Last night was one of those nights 

I was listening to the song "Heart of Servants" by Shane and Shane 

The chorus says "Give us a picture of your face, show us the measure of your grace, reveal the love of the Father, put within us tenderness, release from us all selfishness, we'll consider them better, we're yours, gives us hearts of servants" 

A few words/phrases really got to me, selfishness, better, hearts of servants...

I am in a unique situation in the bilingual immersion school

Why am I NOT surrendering?

Why AM I being so selfish-thinking me me me?

Why do I NOT have the heart of a servant that the Lord requires? 

Simple-I am a sinner in need of a sweet savior! 

Thank goodness for that GIANT umbrella of grace

For His overwhelming mercy 

I am so thankful the Lord meets me EXACTLY where I am 

even driving down 26 listening to some tunes :) 

I am praying and desire to have a willing servants heart of surrender