by Kimberly | Oct 10, 2014 | glory and grace
God is strong, and he wants you strong.
So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials.
And put them to use so you will be able to stand up to everything
the Devil throws your way.
Ephesians 6 – The Message
Are you ever weak in your faith? Do you ever wonder what God has in store for you? Are you tempted to doubt?
I have these thoughts. I know many ladies who fight every day to believe that God is their BEST!
I love knowing that God is true to His Word!
by Kimberly | Oct 9, 2014 | glory and grace
Do you love where you live?
I mean the actual place you live – your home.
Right now our home seems a bit unsettling to me. Its 1000sqft smaller than our home in Little Rock. Its temporary. We’re renting. We’ve too much stuff for our space, but don’t want to sell it because when we move, we’ll need it. Ack! Anyway, my unsettledness in our home makes me think of how I want to be so settled in at home with God – like this verse says!
by Kimberly | Oct 9, 2014 | 31days, hymns
I’ve been reading the Bible lately and all the personal pronouns are jumping out. So, when thinking through what hymn to do today – this is the one I started singing in my head.
If Jesus is your Savior – He HAS to be personal to you. You can’t keep Jesus at a distance. He longs to be there, right with you – all the time. And the Spirit lives in you to make that happen.
This song, as a hymn, builds in power when being sung. You can’t help but meditating on the first few stanzas than singing at the top of your lungs the last one. I love it. And I have a deep desire for the Church to sing this with hands lifted high, smile on their faces, head flung backwards, gaze lifted upward.
My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign.
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
I love Thee because Thou has first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree.
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
by Kimberly | Oct 9, 2014 | creatives, Uncategorized
When I wake up in the morning – I stare at the bits of light streaming through our mostly-closed blinds. I see creativity. When I settle in for the evenings, I peak out and see the moon winking down on all the city. I see creativity. When I stare into the blue eyes of both my babies and see the wonder and excitement about everything that life will hold. I see creativity. When I scroll through bloglovin and see the many faces and pictures of blog posts that I read – of people I know and don’t know. I see creativity.
I would say the first passion in creativity that I had was music. Piano playing and voice. I wanted to be Barbara Mandrell – and thank goodness I’m not. I did sing on the stage at the Strawberry Festival – but that was a lifetime ago.
The next was photography. I took pictures of everywhere and everything and everyone in high school. That’s why I was class historian and presented a scrapbook of our class to the school upon our graduation ceremony.
The next was cooking. I seriously had cooked and grocery shopped as long as I could remember, but not until college did I love doing it for other people.
I didn’t come to love writing until seminary. In high school I was definitely NOT encouraged in my writing ability – and therefore never though I could write. And even now, sometimes discouragement sets in, sometimes I remember that I helped create a curriculum and wrote for it the first year – and I remember that we all have a writing style.
Here are the ways I engage in creativity today:
Photography: here is a goal (thinking through my place in life) – I want to continue to take photos and learn and save and do shoots – for the end goal of not only capturing moments and people – but starting a small business when the boys start school. I don’t have the time to do a small business now, but I can learn all I can for the next 3 years.
Snail Mail: lettering, art, and notecard making is an outlet of creativity. I love it. And it brightens mailboxes on other street corners.
Cooking: I still love to cook, plate, and photograph food. It is something I have to do, but MOST days it is also something I like to do. I love introducing my men to new foods. I love making yumminess for other families as a blessing.
Writing: I still do write. Maybe I don’t get paid – but I write devotionally. I would like to get better at food writing. I think all of writing is gift and practice. My brother is a great writer. I know many other great writers – and they all have a style that is all their own. Embrace it!
How do you engage in creativity – no matter the life you lead or the time restraints you have?
by Kimberly | Oct 8, 2014 | Link Love, Women
You know, I started this whole post because of the first link.
Yes, I did.
And hopefully I will be making for Eric to have as his littles and wife leave him next week to visit some friends out of state.
This glazed pumpkin pound cake. Yes please. Maybe he will save me a piece!
Speaking of traveling, my little transportation geek would love this as we make road trips now!
So tempted to make these as one of the three seperate desserts I need to make to celebrate Sebastian’s one year birthday next week.
This is most interesting especially since hearing Christine Caine speak at The Grove last month – has any reformed gospel conservative had any thoughts on this program being started at Liberty?
