Friday, November 29, 2013

Hosanna

My big sister had her first baby this morning.

I am an auntie.

And my world is forever changed.

Hosanna Lynn Holloway
11-29-13

7 lbs 7 ounces

21 inches






Tuesday, November 5, 2013

I am reminded once again...
Life. is. so. short.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

"Without faith it is impossible to please Him."
(Hebrews 11:6)

Faith in antagonism to common sense is fanaticism, and common sense in antagonism to faith is rationalism. The life of faith brings the two into a right relation.
Common sense is not faith, and faith is not common sense;
they stand in the relation of the natural and the spiritual; of impulse and inspiration.
Nothing Jesus Christ ever said is common sense, it is revelation sense, and it reaches the shores where common sense fails.
Faith must be tried before the reality of faith is actual. "We know that all things work together for good," then no matter what happens, the alchemy of God's providence transfigures the ideal faith into actual reality. 
Faith always works on the personal line, the whole purpose of God being to see that the ideal faith is made real in His children.
For every detail of the common-sense life, there is a revelation fact of God whereby we can prove in practical experience what we believe God to be.
faith is a tremendously active principle which always puts Jesus Christ first - Lord, Thou hast said so and so (e.g., Matthew 6:33), it looks mad, but I am going to venture on Thy word. 
To turn head faith into a personal possession is a fight always, not sometimes.
God brings us into circumstances in order to educate our faith, because the nature of faith is to make its object real. Until we know Jesus, God is a mere abstraction, we cannot have faith in Him; but immediately we hear Jesus say - "He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father," we have something that is real, and faith is boundless.
Faith is the whole man rightly related to God by the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

{Oswald Chambers - My Utmost for His Highest}

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

"The good Lord has a time for everything, and you’d do well not to rush Him, 
for He never goes any faster, you just miss out on the beauty along the way."
(Granny Lyndon)







Tuesday, October 22, 2013

camping

This weekend we went camping as a family.
It got really cold during the night, 
but we made the effort to do it anyway before it got too cold to go at all.
And even though we only spent one night out, it was still a blast!
































Monday, September 30, 2013