2011

Another year. Saying goodbye to the old and bringing in the new. Last year was an amazing, so much love and family, Friends, sleepovers, beautiful music, meeting new and amazing people, talking about marriage at 2 am with my cousin, baptism in the holy spirit, finishing the new testament, saying goodbye to my lovely cousins aunt and uncle that I love so much, a new baby in the family, cooking yummy foods, camping out at grandmas while mom was in the hospital and being so happy when she was better, starting a new class, finding a new love for writing, getting a blog, seeing old Friends, watching two of my cousins find a special someone, and watching one of those someones become a faience, weddings, the pure joy and peace of my Lord, and so much more.

As I look forward to the new year I see the opportunity to do so much more than this year. More time to grow closer to Jesus my Lord. And the unknown, which can be scary but I have peace in knowing that as long as I follow His divine plan all will be as it should.

I pray that this new year brings so much love, joy, peace, and so much more.

~Out Of His Great Love~
Rachel

9 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you believe it's down to 9 days away? My excitement is rising higher and higher! But I some times wonder if my excitement is for presents and food and family or if it's for what it should be, a time to celebrate the wonder of my Lord Jesus' birth. Do you ever wonder that? Well I am trying to make sure that it is set on just that! So even if the stress of shopping or cooking or anything else, keep focused on what CHRISTmas is really for!
{Out Of His Great Love}
Rachel

The first snow!

The first snow has fallen, it's Finlay here! Oh how the beauty shows all around me! A few day's ago we got the first real snow! I love it! I wait for this every year, when my chilly world becomes a winter wonder land. Today I had the aaaaaaaaa privilege :) of walking a mile in a field bio class in the snow and cold and marvel at His beauty! Nature is one my favorite things that God has given us. It inspires me to write and to pray. So weather you have snow where you are or not, stop, look around, and enjoy the gifts he has given us!
{Out Of His Great Love}
Rachel

Thanksgiving!!!

It's here!! The time for giving thanks!! I am thankful for, my mom, my dad, my brother, my sister, my dog, my aunt's, uncle's, my cousins, my grandparents, my house, my food, my clothes, music, words, freedom to live and to praise my Lord, hands to work with, feet to walk with, eyes to see with, ears to hear with, people to love and love me, my future husband even though I have not met him yet, baby kisses, piano sounds, midnight prayers, open Fields, sunsets, flowers, but more than any of this, I am thankful for a God who would give his only son to die and take away my sins, a savior who would love me no matter what and who has washed me clean and filled me with joy!!!!!! Nothing compares,
{Out Of His Great Love}
Rachel

Beautiful fall days

Oh the beauty of fall, I could melt with happiness! Don't you just love the colors? The blistery air? This is without a doubt my favorite time of year! The best time for, coffee, cider, donuts, pie, fuzzy socks, curling up around the fire (if you have one that is), CHRISTmas preparations, pictures, hay rides, apple picking, long walks, but more than anything a time for marveling at Gods beautiful work! Unfortunately I cant focus on things that need to be done. I have an idea for a story but I don't know where to start. Oh well life go's on. Trying to start my etsy business anybody have any ideas on what to do with a whole bunch of yarn? Well CHRISTmas is coming, what are some of your traditions for this time of year? That's all folks!

{Out Of His Great Love}
Rachel

Random

Don't really have anything to post about but here it goes anyway. Just last week I had the privilege of watching my Friends wedding on upstream live! She lives in Dubai and it was wonderful to be able to see well mostly hear her wedding. Love you Cait! Then later in the week had a Minnie sleep over with my cousin Katheryn and stayed up till 2 am talking about marriage, then the next day I looked up bible verses on the subject of marriage!! Marriage is something that I myself cant wait to be apart of. But as my lovely Friend posted on her blog recently I'm not just waiting around for a husband. I have a life, I write, I sell on etsy (sort of), I help my family with house work, I'm trying to graduate early, I babysit, I've got Friends, I cook, I think, I do things with music, I read good books, I am a child of God and live my life for Him and working on getting closer to Him, and much more! Now that's not to say that I wont be overjoyed when the Lord shows me who I'm supposed to marry, but I have joy in my life without one. So don't spend your life pining away for a husband, spend it living! Well that's about it.
{Out Of His Great Love}
Rachel
P.s Guess it's not so random!

Me

Lately I have been making a list, that may sound funny but one night I started writing things about myself. At first it was the normal, hair color, style, Hobey's, but then as I began to search myself I began to find things I had not thought about. I am working towards 100 I at 75 and it took me a long time to get there, I guess for me it's easier to describe someone else than myself. But it has been fun to make this list for myself. You all should try it some time. I've also found some things I need to work on. I may post the list after it's finished if anyone would care to see it.
Well that's all my mom just got out of the hospital and it's been crazy here.
{Out Of His Great Love}
Rachel

Midnight Prayers

These are some of my favorite kinds of prayers. Because when I'm awake in bed at night and settling down that's when I feel like I'm alone with God and can talk to Him about anything. When my mind is clear my heart open up. Though sometimes its hard to clear my mind at night, because since I am alone my mind is ready to work in peace and I want it to just stop and let me have time with my Lord. Our minds sometimes get in the way of our prayers don't they? Well my does anyway ;). Another one of my favorite places to pray is outside when I'm alone and can see Gods Creation at its best, like in the country or even in the city when I see a flower growing up through a side walk crack. Where are your favorite places to pray? Well that's all for now folks.

{Out Of His Great Love}
Rachel

Give it to God

I have a problem with this sometimes. I go to crazy with a problem and Finley after all else I give it to God. Today someone said this and it touch me allot, it made me realize I'm not alone, I don't have to do it alone, He is always there no matter if I go to Him or not. Here's the verse, {1 Corinthians 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength} that is amazing to me, even when I try to be so strong it's nothing at all compared to His strength. And when I try my hardest to be wise and smart His foolishness is wiser than that! So lets try to give everything to Him, hold nothing back, it feels much better when you do :)
{Out Of His Great Love}
Rachel

Yummy dinner

Today for dinner I am making a beef roast. With mashed red skinned potato's, and sweet carrots. I am really enjoying cooking more and more lately. There is something about feeding your family scrumsouse suppers that makes you feel like your contributing to the family.Because a family needs all its members to do there part so that it can function properly, not just the mom and dad, everyone, if your capable of doing something you should do it. Now, I get joy out of cooking things for my family but that's not always true about all chores. Like for me it's vacuuming, I would rather clean a bathroom than vacuum a rug, but that does not mean that I just don't do it (well sometimes it does ;) ) and I need to work on doing things with a cheerful spirit.
{Out Of His Great Love}
Rachel

Ps. Here's a random picture for you :)

Crazy Things I've Heard About Abortion Latley

So both of these things I've heard have been through my pastor. Both in a service, First he told us about a new pill that a women can take two days after finding out she's with child and the baby dies in an instance, that shocked and saddened me to know that before we can even try to witness to these women they can kill a child. The second was a story told to him by one of the young guys in our church going to drivers ed, there was a young lady there that had a t-shirt on that said on the front, I Am Pro Choice, and on the back it said, Growing, Growing, Gone! I don't know which one scares me more, the fact that there is a pill to instantly kill a child or that someone is wearing a shirt that is promoting murder. I've heard of churches that will pay for abortions! People what is our world coming to? Does life means nothing anymore? When did people start thinking that they could take the very thing God gave them? We need to rise up and take a stand! Because if we don't who will?
{Out of His great love}
Rachel

Hello all,
How are your lives? Mine is great! With every passing day my heart grows more and more in love with my Lord and savior! How is He so amazing? I have tried and tried and I just cant figure it out, can any of you? No I guess not ;) . I have now started to enjoy making things like head bands and such. Anyone working on any cool projects? You know this would be allot more interesting if I wasn't my only follower :). Well I guess I will just keep writing and see what happens. Today I made cupcakes with my little sister, very yummy :). Well I guess that's all for now.
Out of His great love.
Rachel

Courtship vs Dating

The difference between courting and dating is simple..... One is with one other person and the other is with more people. Dating is going out with the most physically appealing person and then when you get tired of them time for another. Courtship is waiting until you find that one, praying to make sure that this is the one that God has chosen for you since before you where born. I once heard someone say it's like a box of chocolate's, pick one up pass it around from person to person until it's mushy and gross or take one and give it to one person, which one would you rather have? Personally I would choose the one that was handed to me and only me. Think about your future spouse, which one do you think they would rather have? I think you know the answer. When you pray and seek and trust that God will show you in His time the one He has chosen for you, your saying that you put your full trust in Him and no one else, when you date your saying "I don't think that God has the power to show me who I am to spend the rest of my life with". Courtship is practice for marriage, and dating is practice for divorce. But that's just what I believe :).


Love,
Rachel

First blog.

This is my first blog so I might have a bit of a problem. But any way just letting you all know that I have one, I will try to get somthing on here soon.