Engaged!

 I...am...engaged!! Oh my goodness! Last week, my Godly, handsome court-ee proposed to me and asked me to spend the rest of my life serving Christ with him. Ever since then, Great is Thy Faithfulness has been playing in my head.

I don't have time for a long entry but I will say - WAIT. God has only the very best for you. And wow....the wait is worth it.

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So I'm a Quote person....

*sigh* I so need to post more. I guess the reason I haven't is 1) I have a life. Sorry if that was too harsh. I DO love writing...but I can't seem to make my way to Xanga every day or every other day to post and post and post. I have a pretty busy life at the moment. *sighs again* Bear with me, my loving audience of ....one or two. :)

ANYWAY, here is a topic. QUOTES! I am a self-admitted quote fanatic! **I'm admitting it right now** I love great, inspiring quotes from saints in the past and present. I love being inspired. I love being encouraged. I love setting my sights on eternal things instead of having them locked on this miserable culture I presently live in. Not to brag in the slightest, but my chief goal is to be the best Christian I can be for the glory of Christ. I don't want to just exist, I want to LIVE. Not "live" by getting drunk on weekends or having one romantic fling after the next, but live in a such a way that the light of Christ shines in my eyes and His love pours through my skin. That's real living. I could go on and on about this subject, that you will soon see is a very big passion of mine, but I'll save it for another post. So I suppose, for now, I will share with you lovely readers some of my favorite quotes that push me towards my Savior. Who knows? Maybe they will inspire you as well. :)


We are made for larger ends than earth can compass. O let us be true to our exalted destiny! - Catherine Booth

...Those who catch the vision are ready to follow the Lamb wherever He leads, and as they follow, in this spirit of joyful adventure, their path becomes clear before them and they are given power to fulfill their high calling. They are those who have the courage to break through conventionalities, who care not at all what the world thinks of them, because they are entirely taken up with the tremendous reality of Christ. - Bishop Bardley

Comrades, let us be resolute. Let us, by whatever name we are called, be Soldiers, Nazarites, Priests. Some will praise us, some will blame us; let us not care too much about either praise or blame. Let us live looking up, looking on, standing true by the grace of Him who has called us. - Amy Carmichael

The greatest old or new testament saints were on a level hat is quite within our reach. The same spiritual power that enabled them to become our spiritual heroes, is also available to us. - Edward Meyrick Goulburn

Carnal Christians profess Christ as their Redeemer, but their actions and decisions are for the sake of their own interests and for who they are in themselves, rather than for God's interests and for who He is. Their minds are still the workshops of the devil, for he can persuade countless numbers of professing Christians to try and be Christians without Christ. - Ian Thomas

Tell me in the light of the Cross, isn't it a scandal that you and I live today as we do? - Alan Redpath

There are some who would have Christ cheap. They would have Him without the Cross. But the price will not come down. - Samuel Rutherford

“You cannot love without risk of pain. In fact, love at its highest looks and feels like a bloodied cross.” - Dr. Andrew Selle

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Hodu la' Adonai ki tov

Hodu la' Adonai ki tov. Ki le'olam chasdo.
Hodu la' Adonai ki tov. Ki le'olam chasdo.

Give thanks unto the Lord for He is good. For His everlasting Grace.
Give thanks unto the Lord for He is good. For His everlasting Grace.

Let us give thanks where it is due this Thanksgiving season....and always.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Random blurps

For some reason, my blogability has been on the down low lately. Ever have that itch to write but when you sit yourself in front of the computer screen, your mind goes blank and all you can think of to say is, "Umm...I'm doing fine! And...umm...hope you're all doing well! *pause* How are the Cowboys doing this season?"  -  My current state of mind. I can say that I am anticipating Christmas. *pops in Christmas CD and pulls out a Christmas book* I guess, due to my lack of eloquent writing, I'll make random new blurps.

* I refuse to rant and rave over the elections, so I'll just say that I'm saddened, let down, and hoping the next four years will pass by quickly with little damage to our country. God is still in control, no matter who sits in the Oval Office in Washington.

* Gas prices are going down!!! Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

* My friends John and Stephanie got married a week ago today. *happy sigh* I'm so happy for them and I loved watching God work in and through their relationship and union. My sis, Melody, was the maid of honor and she...looked...beautiful! *picture below*

* Last Saturday, on the opening day of deer season, and my first time hunting, and I got a deer. Woohooo! *yet again, picture below*

* I am currently working hard on my book. Y'all pray for me! It's coming along and I am so very, very, very, very excited about it. My little post last month with a sneak peak of one of the chapters got zero comments which proves that it is a rather uncomfortable subject matter that goes contrary to the flesh. But we need a serious shot of radical Christianity that does more than talk the talk, but actually walk the walk. I've changed the title three times already and it is currently a blank at the moment so....who knows what it will be named? :D

Hope everyone is having a marvelous November. Enjoy your weekend!

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Sometimes...

SOMETIMES...
We have to suffer lack, so we can know God's provision,
We have to feel another's pain, so we can have a sense of mission.
So take heart, if you don't understand today,
Instead of grumbling, ask God what He means to say,

In order to learn you must endure, and learn to see the bigger picture.
In order to grow, you must stand and look beyond the hurt,
Trust in God's loving hand that takes what is Good, and gives what is Best,
And on this blessed thought, rest your anxious heart with all the questions,

God's hand only gives what his loving heart dictates,

SOMETIMES...
The Lord calms the storm,

SOMETIMES...
He lets the storm rage... and calms His child...

Better go through the storm with Him,
Than smooth waters without Him...