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| Superman and Lois Lane at our friend's Halloween party! |
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| 2012 Pumpkin: a ghost pumpkin...pure white and smells like a honeydew melon. |
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| Trunk or Treat...a baseball theme! GO SOUNDS! |
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Today's Bliss: Halloween Fun!
N and I had a great weekend filled with Halloween festivities! We carved our pumpkin, went to a party, and gave out candy at our church's Trunk or Treat. Mixed in with the fun, we also completed a painting project, visited my parents, and cleaned the hose...a busy but good weekend. We are so very blessed by each other, by our families, and by our friends! Ours is a life of bliss.
Happy Halloween! :-) Hug someone tight and tell you that you'd be scared to live without them.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Today's Bliss: Childlike Faith
N and I have been excited all week...counting down the days...ready for our annual trip to the pumpkin patch! We enjoy Fall so much and love to visit the pumpkin patch, looking at all of the choices and selecting just the right decor for this festive time of year.
This year we visited the pumpkin patch at Forrest Hills UMC in southwest Nashville. We routinely shop at the farmer's market there on Saturday mornings throughout the summer, so it seemed fitting to purchase our pumpkins there this year also. All of the pumpkin patch proceeds benefit youth missions so we were glad to support that effort with our purchases.
And purchases we made! We found some great pumpkins and funny looking fall gourds for our dining room table, too. We are ready for the season!
We may be nearing 30 years of age and we may not have kids, but we love to do fun kid-like activities. It is good for us to share in these little excitements that we both enjoy.
This is how our faith is supposed to be, too. Looking at things with the excitement of a child is what God has called us to do:
And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:2-4 ESV)
God wants us to ask questions, thirst for more information, sit enraptured in His presence, listen to His words, and spread the message of his love. Until we can admit that we don't know it all and don't have the world figured out, we cannot truly accept God's will and love for us. We need to be open-minded and innocent, running to the Father with our needs, concerns, and questions. He is the all-knowing, peace-giving fountain that will fulfill our thirst and heal our hearts from the world's hurts.
Receiving the gifts he has for us and acting like the children we are supposed to be: that's bliss!
This year we visited the pumpkin patch at Forrest Hills UMC in southwest Nashville. We routinely shop at the farmer's market there on Saturday mornings throughout the summer, so it seemed fitting to purchase our pumpkins there this year also. All of the pumpkin patch proceeds benefit youth missions so we were glad to support that effort with our purchases.
And purchases we made! We found some great pumpkins and funny looking fall gourds for our dining room table, too. We are ready for the season!
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| Is this the perfect pumpkin?! |
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| Here's our selection...a Ghost Pumpkin! N loves it! |
This is how our faith is supposed to be, too. Looking at things with the excitement of a child is what God has called us to do:
And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:2-4 ESV)
God wants us to ask questions, thirst for more information, sit enraptured in His presence, listen to His words, and spread the message of his love. Until we can admit that we don't know it all and don't have the world figured out, we cannot truly accept God's will and love for us. We need to be open-minded and innocent, running to the Father with our needs, concerns, and questions. He is the all-knowing, peace-giving fountain that will fulfill our thirst and heal our hearts from the world's hurts.
Receiving the gifts he has for us and acting like the children we are supposed to be: that's bliss!
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Today's Bliss: Fall
It has been such a long time since I have written! I didn't mean to take a break from writing, it just happened. 2012 has been full of surprises and it has FLOWN by. I cannot believe that it is already Fall! I love this time of year: holidays on the horizon, my birthday (tomorrow!), cool, crisp air, changing leaves, cuddly evenings with blankets and a book, and time visiting family.
This summer was full of bliss, too. N's family now has a lake house that we can visit and we have taken advantage of the very relaxing, beautiful, nature-filled location as much as possible. There is even a paddle boat that we have been captaining! During the last months we've also had some fun at baseball games, weddings, church activities, Bible studies, football games, a Habitat for Humanity build, long weekend trips, and time with friends and family members. We are blessed and I thank God for all of the wonderful people in our lives and opportunities that we have.
This Fall, I have been trying to reconnect with God. I didn't feel disconnected really, but I knew that I wasn't doing all that I should be doing to listen to God, rest in Him, and obey his Word. Maybe that is why I didn't blog, either: I just didn't have a lot to say. Through Bible study and some peaceful reflecting, I have felt so much more in-tune to God and all that He has been trying to say to me. His plans are better than mine, His work is perfect, and I need to listen to His voice, no matter if it's a shout or a whisper.
I am blissful because I look around and see a lot of the things that I've always asked God to give me. I am blissful because, despite my tendency to ignore God, he has patiently waited for my faith to be set on fire once again by a desire to grow, be a better person, and plug-in to His voice every moment.
Last week, I tried to pray as much as I could throughout each day. Some days I did better with this than others...and what a difference I could see between the prayerful days and the less prayerful ones! And what motivation to try even more prayer-centered days this week!
I pray that your days as prayer-filled and centered on what is truly important: being clay in the Potter's hands, willingly following His guidance. This is what I strive for and I hope you do, too.
This summer was full of bliss, too. N's family now has a lake house that we can visit and we have taken advantage of the very relaxing, beautiful, nature-filled location as much as possible. There is even a paddle boat that we have been captaining! During the last months we've also had some fun at baseball games, weddings, church activities, Bible studies, football games, a Habitat for Humanity build, long weekend trips, and time with friends and family members. We are blessed and I thank God for all of the wonderful people in our lives and opportunities that we have.
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| Finding bliss at the lake with N and Scooter! |
This Fall, I have been trying to reconnect with God. I didn't feel disconnected really, but I knew that I wasn't doing all that I should be doing to listen to God, rest in Him, and obey his Word. Maybe that is why I didn't blog, either: I just didn't have a lot to say. Through Bible study and some peaceful reflecting, I have felt so much more in-tune to God and all that He has been trying to say to me. His plans are better than mine, His work is perfect, and I need to listen to His voice, no matter if it's a shout or a whisper.
I am blissful because I look around and see a lot of the things that I've always asked God to give me. I am blissful because, despite my tendency to ignore God, he has patiently waited for my faith to be set on fire once again by a desire to grow, be a better person, and plug-in to His voice every moment.
Last week, I tried to pray as much as I could throughout each day. Some days I did better with this than others...and what a difference I could see between the prayerful days and the less prayerful ones! And what motivation to try even more prayer-centered days this week!
I pray that your days as prayer-filled and centered on what is truly important: being clay in the Potter's hands, willingly following His guidance. This is what I strive for and I hope you do, too.
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