Morning Glories: Rich

“I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.”
Isaiah 61:10

Have you ever thought about how rich we are? When you’re not blinded by worldly things that so easily and frequently get in the way, you can see just how rich we are in Christ. We are clothed with the garments of salvation that have been bought at the greatest price. All the riches in the world could not come close to being sufficient to the price that was paid on the cross for our salvation. We have been covered with the robe of righteousness, and all we had to do was become obedient to God’s will.

We are so very, very rich, aren’t we? I don’t know how much more I could say about this verse without being repetitive. I hope you all feel rich today as you remember what our Lord has clothed us with.

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Morning Glories: Make Joyful Your Default

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:
but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”
Proverbs 17:22

My bones were so dry yesterday. I did not have a very good day due to a lot of factors piling up on each other. I tried to be as joyful as I could but I just couldn’t seem to make myself have a good day. I had forgotten, it seems, that it is my choice to make the best of any situation. If only I had seen this verse yesterday!

It is so easy to let yourself have a bad day, isn’t it? I am sure we all have those “off” days when things just don’t go our way and we just feel down in the dumps. It happens, I know, for everyone. But it is easy to let these moods be our default, too. And when we do, we are just drying up our bones!

The medicine is a joyful heart! Here are a few other verses to go along with this and maybe we can see how it is that we can make joyful our default!

“A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance:
but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.”
Proverbs 15:13

{remember our post about blessed meaning ‘O, how happy’?}

“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”
Psalm 32:1

“O taste and see that the LORD is good:
blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”
Psalm 34:8

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
Psalm 1:1-2

“And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.”
Psalm 35:9

I know that there are many other verses in the Bible that show me how I can be joyful. I need to meditate on God’s word and that will help me make joyful my default. I always look up to those people who always seem to be in joyful, thanksgiving, content mode.

So today and the days following, that is what I am going to try to do. Make joyful my default mode and be better able to deal with the “off” days. I hope you all have a beautiful Monday!

HE answers prayers!!

It is hard for me to truly express how utterly thankful and excited I have been the past few days. I know that many of you know the outcome of our tryout in Alabama this past weekend, but in case you didn’t hear the news, Carl has a job now! You know the old saying, “Good things come to those who wait”? Well we have waited four months and finally – FINALLY we have somewhere to go! I would go on, I would love to tell you all the details and the ins and outs, but right now, I just don’t have words!

God is SO good, He’s SO good to me!

Thank you to all of you who have been keeping us in your prayers. Please continue to do so as we prepare to move (early January we are thinking) and start our new work in Alabama.

The future is BRIGHT! I can’t wait!

We made it!

I just wanted to check in and tell you all that we have moved and we have made it! I am so glad to be done with the packing and cleaning and moving! While the future is unknown for us and uncertain, we are still optimistic and I feel more relaxed now than I have in a few weeks! This is where our next chapter begins!



I will hopefully be able to blog more now that the move is done with. Starting with Benjamin's 20 Month Post! Time sure is flying!

Take care, y'all! Have a blessed Lord's Day!

JUMP! for joy! {and peaches!}

Benjamin had a great time yesterday at Lane's Southern Orchards with Grandmommy and Uncle Preston. Uncle Preston is such a great Uncle. He was teaching Benjamin how to jump, and they had so much fun!

Here are a few different shots from the day:


Lane's has some of the best peaches in Georgia, I'd reckon!



The playground was hot, but so much fun!






The best homemade peach ice cream I have ever had - and believe me I've had a lot, living in Georgia nearly all my life!!



Sneak Attack on the Ducks...



We had such a great time, and we'll probably be back next weekend too!

Do you have any special places that you like to go to in your town? I hope you're all having a great weekend! Tomorrow is going to be busy for us as we're participating in a yard sale {we need to get rid of a lot!}, and I have Ladies Bible class, and THEN - the Annual Peach Festival! I am really excited for all three events! You'll be seeing more peaches in the near future, y'all!