Spiritually Healthy

Hello my lovelies! Fall is here!  YAY!!  This is by far my FAVORITE time of the year!   The weather change; the change in color/scenery; crisp, cool air that almost takes your breath away; EVERYTHING about this time of the year makes me happy. I find myself desiring to make a steaming cup of apple cider with a cinnamon stick to give it that boost of fall smell. :-) And maybe this is just me, but I feel it's not fall unless I smell apple-spice candles.  Please tell me I'm not the only one?  Funny thing with that though, is that I normally get really bad headaches whenever I'm around certain candles (i.e. cupcake, blueberry muffin, senses like that); but these do not seem to bother me.  If there are REALLY strong, then forget it.   Check out my Pinterest board, called  Autumn .  It has some really pretty pictures of the beautiful season!  Now - after looking through some of those pictures - you can't  tell...

Hang on readers, I'm just trying something new here.... Okay everyone I am trying to add "About me" and "Contact me" buttons (not sure if that's what they are called) and I can't seem to figure it out!  The one that I am trying to add is like a tool bar - is that right?? - and it rests underneath my blog title.  Can any of y'all help me out?  I've Binged "How do I add an 'about me' button to my blog" a few times but none of the findings seems to have given me any specific answers on how to actually add it - I know it doesn't help that I'm a visual learning and having to read and figure out what the writer is trying to say AND do it in the process, is quite a challenge. :-p So, if anyone can help me I'd greatly appreciate it! Thanks and blessings, Sarah

Couple of the things God has been teaching to me: 1.   I am constantly humbled by God. No matter how many times I try to be "two beats ahead" of the Lord, He humbles me by reminding me that I'm not in control; nor will I ever be.   His timing is always right.   His timing is always perfect.   I am neither. "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up." James 4:10 2.   Man will always disappoint.  God will never disappoint. I never knew this truth to be so...well, true!  I must put ALL faith, hope, trust, and confidence in the Holy One, because He will never let me down nor leave me.  "I will never leave thee, nor forsake( leave in straits, leave helpless; totally abandoned, utterly forsaken; to leave behind among, to leave surviving -I thought that to be interesting)  thee." Hebrews 13:5b There have been many times when I so badly wanted to ask the Lord about this lit...

* For the beauty of the earth For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies. Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. For the beauty of each hour, Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flower, Sun and moon, and stars of light. Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. For the joy of ear and eye, For the heart and mind’s delight, For the mystic harmony Linking sense to sound and sight. Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth and friends above, For all gentle thoughts and mild.   Lord of all, to Thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise. For Thy Church, that evermore Lifteth holy hands above, Offering up on every shore Her pure sacrifice of love. Lord of all, to Thee we raise, Th...

Wreck This Journal. I think I came across this journal through Pinterest (off all places!); through finding it there, I Bing-ed it, and then found it on  Amazon  (used, but new) for $7.47.   It really is a very cool way of journaling and scrapbooking - for I'm not the best at either.   I broke down and got one.   I'll try and keep posting pictures of each day - please be patient, my schedule has become very  busy during these past few months so it may take a few days to post all the pictures. =)  Oh, my little sister (who blogs as well, you can follow her  here . I'm helping her build her blog.) had a great idea of starting at the back of the journal and working my way forward. So that's what I'm doing. =) No, I didn't add the Duck Tape! :p                                                 ...

  Last Saturday we went to the beach. What a blessing it was to be able to spend time with my brothers and sisters; for I know someday we'll not be able to do this. Hopefully there will be marriages and babies someday for all of us, so I'm very grateful for the time we have with one another. It's funny, I've heard some people say that they can't stand being around their brothers and sisters...I can't even picture my life without them!! Thank You, Lord for my family.  These were the only pictures I could get because about 3 minutes later it was pitch-black! "Let the heaven and the earth praise him, the seas and every thing that moveth therin." Psalm 69:34 

"Rid me of myself" is from a song titled "My Savoir My God". I've already done a post about the song and you can read my post  here. 2013.   That's the year if you haven't noticed .  I mark this year because so far it has been on of the hardest for me; physically, emotionally, and spiritually (I may have said that in a previous blog post already).  Back in the summer the ladies in our church started a Bible study and the book we are using is by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and is titled, "Lies Women Believe...And The Truth That Sets Them Free".  So far it has been one of the most convicting books I've ever read - the Word of God being #1, of course. In the beginning of my studies, my prayer was that the Lord would open my eyes and reveal to me more of my sinful self, and through that I'd see more of how magnificent and beautiful He actually is.   "For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised" 1 Chronicles 16:25a - "Great i...