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// our "memory mug" from Mexico //

// the truths God is showing me and my family through reading Exodus //

"As long is thanks is possible than joy is always possible."  

Anne Voskamp

|| thankfulness through my lens ||

// kind people who share their food with us //

// fresh flowers //

Practicing Thankfulness Through My Lens...

    For a while now, I have been wanting to start a list of things I am thankful for.  I was inspired by

Ann Voskamp and her book "One Thousand Gifts - A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are." Her  testimony in the book is that she practiced gratitude by making a list of one thousand things she was thankful for…and as she began thanking God for even the small things in life, she realized that her heart was filled with joy.  And that practicing thankfulness had helped her to live fully right where God had placed her… 

    I love going to her blog (www.aholyexperience.com) and reading what the Lord puts on her heart.  But, probably more than that, I love her photography.  Ann has a gift for capturing the small, everyday details of life in a way that makes me want to grab my camera and capture the every day things that I am thankful for.  She is an inspiration to me, not only in her habit of thankfulness, but also in her photography.  

    As most of you know, photography is my passion.  I can't get enough of it!  However, with my life lately, I have hardly picked up my camera at all.  *insert guilty face*  But, I still love it!  So, in hopes of furthering my photography skills - and simply not wanting to loose the things I have learned - and wanting to practice being grateful for the everyday details in life, I have decided to start a project here on my blog! 

    My desire is that everyday I would pull out my camera and take a picture of something I am thankful for, and then post it here on my blog.  I'm hoping it will be a challenge, and a good habit for me, to practice thankfulness and take better pictures. 

    So, without further ado...

|| thankfulness through my lens || 

// playing board games with my family //

// this crazy, adorable, snuggly kitten //

happenings as of late

So….I realize that I haven't updated my blog in a while (and I feel like I say that everytime I update hmm..I'm noticing a pattern…) 

Anyways, I was tired of looking at the same picture every time I looked at my blog.  Henceforth, I am showing some pictures that I just took of my sister today.  *insert proud-goofy-grin* 

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I am really hoping to come over here and write more often, but life has been a little crazy as of late.  

Anyhoo….off to grab some coffee and play a game with the fam!  'Night! 

Nothing Will Ever Seem Enough

     
     "… This I know: you will regret nothing when you look back, except lack of faith or fortitude or love. You will never regret having thrown all to the winds in order to follow your Master and Lord. Nothing will seem too much to have done or suffered, when, in the end, we see Him and the marks of His wounds; nothing will ever seem enough.

- Amy Carmichael - 

"She is a joy and delight..."

Just wanted to share some pictures of this little woman =)  (p.s.  I didn't touch her eyes - yes, I did edit the pics, but I didn't specifically edit her eyes.  I think they're stunning! God is so amazing!) 

What Now, God?

    I'm in "that" season of life where I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing - I graduated, I went to my photography school and I don't have plans to go to college...so, what now?!

I want to be open to where God leads and what He might have for me.  And I only want to be in the center of His will for me - I'm experiencing living out a situation that didn't have His seal of peace stamped upon it, and I don't like the results.  I don't want to do that any more.

So, I'm not looking for anyone to tell me what to do, or give me suggestions...But, I'm curious:  when you've been in this situation, seeking God for the "next step" in your life," what helped you?  What did you do?  What were some verses you cling-ed to ? 

"Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,

your faithfulness to the clouds."  Psalm 36

Looking to Him who never fails,
Bailey