Immeasurably more than my imagination

This verse has been on my mind and heart a lot lately. 

If you know anything about me, you know that I am a dreamer. I think big about what I want my life to look like in the future. 

It is incredible to me that God is able to do immeasurably more than what I could ever dream up. To know that God not only holds my future in His hands, but He also is making it more amazing then I could ever imagine. That gives me hope.

That makes the waiting easier.

So blessed

Whew, that was a long week.
God was smart when He designed a seventh day for us to rest on. By the end of this week of harvest it was needed for us all!

This evening I feel refreshed and so blessed.
I am blessed to have a family that pulls together and works so hard to get the harvest in. There are times out in the fields as we are cracking jokes over the radios that I just smile and breathe. I know that this season in my life won't last forever.
I am blessed to have a church to go to that offers a place to call home. One that you know will have you feeling refreshed, revived, and ready to take on another week of living.
I am blessed to have friends that like to do crazy things like playing soccer with zorbs. Who will bring refreshing in the form of laughter and conversation over a meal of pizza and ice cream.

Now as we are listening and waiting for an evening thunderstorm to pass, I feel so blessed to know that God is in control. That no matter what happens, we can know that His plans are greater than ours.

What has you feeling blessed today?

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I remind myself of this truth daily. 

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Another harvest day... another quote.

Made for More

Yesterday I legit forgot to write. It probably has something to do with the fact that I only got to sleep at two in the morning and then was up again at five. The life of a farm girl.

We are about to head into a full day of harvest, and I have oodles of things to do before then, so I'll leave you with this little quote that I read in a book the other day, and now carry with me wherever I go. It reminds me whenever I am tempted to do things that lead me on the path to less than I could be, that God made me for more. I am strong enough to be more. I don't want to settle for less than who God made me to be.
If you are like me and struggle to be the person that you have always known is locked away inside you by distractions of this world, or bondages in your life. It is time to fight. It is time to break free from whatever holds you back and be more. Because you were made for more.

He knows

You know the struggle.
Those things in you life that you find yourself battling with over and over again.
The temptations that follow you around, and don't ever seem to leave no matter how many times you overcome it.
I don't know about you, but I used to have this shame when it came to my struggle. When I would realized that I had fallen again, not only was I sorry, but I was deeply ashamed, so much so that I would ignore God for days, sometimes months because I didn't think He would want to hear from me. I had failed Him again.

I learned over the years that not only does Jesus want to forgive us and set us back on the path, He understands. He has been through temptation himself, and though he has never sinned... He knows how hard it is to go through it.

Hebrews 4:14-16 says;

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain MERCY and find GRACE to help in time of need. 

It is a great comfort to me to know that He knows what I am going through. Not just because He is God and He knows everything, but because He has been through it himself.
He endured temptation for us. So He could better understand what we go through and can sympathize with us. Isn't that amazing?

I learned that, yes, I should feel sorry when I have sinned, and fallen away from righteousness. But not only do I have a God that is merciful and willing to give us the grace I need, I also have a God that knows. And because of this, I can come boldly to Him to set things right. To ask for His mercy and grace, and to continue.

It's time

It is harvest time. And it is probably not a very good time to commit to writing on this blog every day, but it is time.
I can say that I have been avoiding writing for the past while. Basically because there have been a lot of things going on in my heart that I wasn't ready to share.
We all go through seasons in our life, and this season I had to fight a lot of doubt.
I doubted where I stood in my faith, I doubted the things that believe.

Coming through stronger than ever, I have a renewed passion for sharing the things that I have learned along the way.

So, here goes, I will visit this blog every day.
I may only post a quote, or a verse that inspired me, but I will post none the less.

I am excited to be back at it again!