Grace Notes

Recently in my devotions, I have been studying through a Bible plan* on discovering God’s calling on your life.  After reading through the daily exhortations and corresponding Scripture verses, I reflect on it by writing down the things I learned, found encouraging/challenging, or really impacted me.  Through this, I am keeping a journal of what I am discovering about God-given assignments.  I wanted to share my thoughts on this with you, and some excerpts from my journal.

Hey y’all!  It’s officially summer 2016 today!!!  Can you believe it?!  Half the year gone by already!  So…I wanted to quickly hop onto this little nook of mine and wish y’all a VERY relaxing, profitable, and enjoyable summer!  And since summer is here, the summer ministry challenge has officially begun, so make sure you go back a post and check out the details! :)  There’s also a link in that post to my 2015 summer bucket list that has some fun summer ideas to beat summer boredom! ;)  Have a great summer!!

Hey everyone!  It’s time to go swimming and eat lots of ice cream and popsicles, because… summer is about to arrive in 2 days!! :D  Summer is a glorious season filled with the warmth of the sunshine, the coolness of ice cream and lemonade, and the fun of playing the pool!  This season is also great for just relaxing and hanging out, and for those still in school – a break :) But this year, I have a challenge for you!  I am really excited about it, and plan on doing it myself as well!

Hey y’all!   I recently had a suggestion from a friend about doing a blog post on my favorite Bible verses, and I thought it was a GREAT idea so… here’s this post for you gals!  I am hesitant to say these are my “favorite” Bible verses, because honestly, all of them are God-given and SO great! :)  But if I had to pick some of the most-loved, most-pondered verses in my life, these would be on the list!  So, I hope you enjoy!  And DON’T FORGET to comment below and tell me what YOUR favorite verses are! :)

Hey y’all!  Yeah, it’s been a month since I’ve posted on this little nook of mine… yikes!  Hopefully (no promises, but hopefully… ) I’ll have more posts coming this summer.  I’m really excited about the summer for multiple reasons, but you know me; I can’t start without first making some goals! :)  This time I’m doing something a little differently and making a list for the entire season, instead of each month at a time *boohoohoo.* I’ve got a busy summer ahead o’ me and will be very busy at the beginning of July as I’ll be heading out on a mission trip, so I think it’d be best to skip that month’s goal post especially.   Oh yeah, and did you see that I officially turned these monthly goal posts into a series?!  Yay! :D

May is almost here already?!  Sometimes I just can’t believe how fast time flies!  I am reminded of how we are always pressing forward.  The days behind us will stay behind us for eternity.  We can never return to those ancient days – only press onward.  God wants us to be always growing in Him, spending our allotted time on earth carefully and for His glory.  We cannot dwell on past days, only look back and consider if we have been faithful to the Lord’s call.  Looking forward, how can you better serve God with the time He has given you?

This was originally an article I wrote about what God showed me yesterday, but I wanted to go ahead and share it on the blog.  I hope it is encouraging!      Sometimes when life seems great and everything is just going smoothly and without incident, we as Christians seem to be “going great” in our walk with the Lord.   We don’t have a problem reading of God’s promises, like “My grace is sufficient for you,” because life is going great and we don’t “need” the promises then.   We are happy and content, and want to hug everyone.