Friday, April 29, 2011

Just a thought :)

It's (comparatively, at least) easy to serve God in the big, grand, exciting ways--those times when you go out and change the world; curing cancer or creating world peace or bringing a stop to global warming.
But it's in the daily nitty-gritty when we prove our faithfulness. By choosing to get up early every morning to have our quiet time. By serving in the small, frequently unnoticed and unappreciated ways--washing dishes, cleaning the house, making meals, spending time with siblings, doing school...whatever you're called to in your present stage of life.
Those seemingly unimportant little things can be so hard to keep doing....when the house is a wreck, or your siblings just won't get along. When school is really difficult or just plain boring. Or when you're just really tired and you don't feel like vacuuming the floor or folding the laundry.
But a lot of us probably won't ever go out and change the world in any big, flashy way. A lot of us lead pretty ordinary lives.

At this point, I don't think anyone is reading this. But if anyone ever does, I just want to encourage you: keep on keeping on. Press on to take hold of that for which Christ took hold of you. When you're faithful, He is faithful to bless that. :)

For His glory,

Leah


"The height of the mountaintop is measured by the drab drudgery of the valley." -Oswald Chambers 
 

And another giveaway!

This really isn't why I started a blog, but posting about it gives me more entries, so...:P

A wise woman builds her home is hosting a Scentsy giveaway...go to http://proverbs14verse1.blogspot.com/2011/04/mothers-day-scentsy-giveaway.html to check it out!

I'm not very familiar with Scentsy, but it looks wonderful! :) 

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Giveaway! (Now closed)

From now until midnight tonight, you can get a FREE download of Miss Sarah Mae's e-book "31 Days to Clean: Having a Martha House the Mary Way"!  


For more details:
http://www.likeawarmcupofcoffee.com/home/2011/04/free-copy-of-31-days-to-clean/



Friday, April 22, 2011

"He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows and pains, yet we considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement peace and well-being for us was upon Him and with the stripes that wounded Him we are healed and made whole. All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him the iniquity of us all..."
-Isaiah 53: 3-6

Sunday, April 17, 2011

I suppose when one has a blog, one should consider posting every once in a while, yes? :P


Unfortunately, it's been a very long weekend following a very long week and I really can't dredge up anything original or inspiring from the depths of my tired brain. So instead, this being Palm Sunday, I'm going to post the lyrics of one of the songs my choir sang this morning:

To Calvary 
 Words by Jennie E. Hussey
Music by James Koerts

King of my life, I crown Thee now, 
Thine shall the glory be; 
I'll not forget Thy thorn-crowned brow,
Lead me to Calvary.

Show me the tomb where Thou was laid, 
Tenderly mourned and wept;
Angels in robes of light arrayed
guarded Thee while Thou slept. 

[Chorus]
I'll not forget Gethsemane;
I'll not forget Thine agony;
I'll not forget Thy love for me;
Lead me to Calvary.

Let me, like Mary through the gloom,
Come with a gift to Thee;
Show to me now the empty tomb; 
Lead me to Calvary.

[Chorus]
I'll not forget Gethsemane;
I'll not forget Thine agony;
I'll not forget Thy love for me;
Lead me to Calvary.


May I be willing, Lord, to bear
Daily my cross for Thee; 
Even Thy cup of grief to share,
Thou has borne all for me.


[Chorus]
I'll not forget Gethsemane;
I'll not forget Thine agony;
I'll not forget Thy love for me;
Lead me to Calvary.
Lead me to Calvary.




-My prayer is that we'll all remember Gethsemane, not only on Palm Sunday and other holidays, but every day as we bear our crosses. 


For His glory, 


Leah

Monday, April 11, 2011

First Post!

Well, I'm taking the plunge, so to speak--I'm joining the world of blogger! I've been a lurker of many (many) other blogs for a long time, and now I'm starting one of my own. 

I'm not particularly eloquent, and I don't lead what many would consider a very exciting life. But I serve a pretty amazing God, who chooses to use and work though (and in) me; so this will be a place for me to share some of the many things He's teaching me. I'm not sure how often I'll be posting or if anyone will even read this, but we'll see what happens. :) 

So, until next time...

For His glory!

-Leah