Thursday, September 27, 2007
My New Blog
yes, I too have moved to wordpress. my new blog is www.carmenhill.wordpress.com. I won't post here anymore, so check out my new one! And yes, I will be posting more regularly!!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Just to clarify...
I read my last two posts, and they didn't seem to line up, so I wanted to clarify.
God has most definitely provided our needs in finding a home, providing us with furniture, a free church/ honeymoon, a GREAT deal on my dress, using family and friends already to bless us with things that we need for our home, etc., etc.
He has overwhelmingly blessed us thus far in many different ways. However, I have focused so much time and energy into making the home, that the actual plans for the wedding itself have been neglected, thus my freaking out.
But God is good, and I do trust that He will continue to work all things to the good of those who love Him, as all of our abundant blessings are a testimony to the Spirit interceding on our behalf, because we definitely don't know we should pray. Thank God that hasn't stopped Him thus far...
God has most definitely provided our needs in finding a home, providing us with furniture, a free church/ honeymoon, a GREAT deal on my dress, using family and friends already to bless us with things that we need for our home, etc., etc.
He has overwhelmingly blessed us thus far in many different ways. However, I have focused so much time and energy into making the home, that the actual plans for the wedding itself have been neglected, thus my freaking out.
But God is good, and I do trust that He will continue to work all things to the good of those who love Him, as all of our abundant blessings are a testimony to the Spirit interceding on our behalf, because we definitely don't know we should pray. Thank God that hasn't stopped Him thus far...
I'm freaking out
Life is a bit frustrating right now. I'm finding myself almost 6 weeks from my wedding day, with nothing but a wedding dress to show for myself. I still need practically everything. It's so overwhelming- I never realized how much time it takes to plan a wedding. I hear of other friends whose mothers and relatives totally jumped in and did practically everything-- that must be great.
Well, I am definitely freaking out right now. Pray that God will place someone in my life capable of helping me bear this heavy load, because I honestly think it will be a disaster if left totally up to me...
Hopefully my next post will be more positive. Until then...
Well, I am definitely freaking out right now. Pray that God will place someone in my life capable of helping me bear this heavy load, because I honestly think it will be a disaster if left totally up to me...
Hopefully my next post will be more positive. Until then...
Monday, June 4, 2007
Happy Times
Well, it looks like Jeff and I have successfully moved our wedding date up to this August, for anyone who may not already know. Can I just mention how EXCITED I am??!! We have been dating for almost 3 and a half years, and I cannot express how anxious I am to start the rest of our lives together.
The amazing thing is that as soon as we rearranged our priorities, and moved the date up, everything began falling into place. We have been so blessed, and God has provided for our every need, every step of the way. God is already showing Himself true in our marriage, and it hasn't even begun yet! What an amazing preview of the rest of our lives. Our Father is so good.
The amazing thing is that as soon as we rearranged our priorities, and moved the date up, everything began falling into place. We have been so blessed, and God has provided for our every need, every step of the way. God is already showing Himself true in our marriage, and it hasn't even begun yet! What an amazing preview of the rest of our lives. Our Father is so good.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Crazy summer
For a few reasons which will remain undisclosed, this is going to be a CrAzY summer! But I am so excited!
Bueno, no sé que decir exactamente porque no quiero revelar mi secreto! Y yo sé que irás a algún lugar en el internet para traducir esta mensaje. Páralo! No hablas español por un razón! ¿Pensaste que yo escribiría lo que no puedo revelar aquí en este párrafo? Haha, tontos...
Bueno, no sé que decir exactamente porque no quiero revelar mi secreto! Y yo sé que irás a algún lugar en el internet para traducir esta mensaje. Páralo! No hablas español por un razón! ¿Pensaste que yo escribiría lo que no puedo revelar aquí en este párrafo? Haha, tontos...
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Saturday
It's Saturday, and all this blogging is wearing me out, lol. I haven't been this involved in discussion since my Faith, Reason, and Imagination class last semester. (talk about being challenged in explaining/defending your faith). I have way exceeded my limits, but hopefully all this blogging will be habit-forming.
Jeff is gone to St. Louis. :O( I have no life. Which reminds me:
I admire Kristen Barfield and J.C. Thompson more than I even think I know. They have put the L-O-N-G-D-I-S-T-A-N-C-E in the long-distance relationship. They probably even put the r-e-l-a-t-i-o-n-s-h-i-p there, too. I'm glad we're all getting married together!
I miss you, Jeff.
Jeff is gone to St. Louis. :O( I have no life. Which reminds me:
I admire Kristen Barfield and J.C. Thompson more than I even think I know. They have put the L-O-N-G-D-I-S-T-A-N-C-E in the long-distance relationship. They probably even put the r-e-l-a-t-i-o-n-s-h-i-p there, too. I'm glad we're all getting married together!
I miss you, Jeff.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Romans 1
I read Romans 1 today devotionally. I noticed an interesting pattern throughout the chapter: God was in complete control of both the belief of the believers, and the unbelief of the non-believers.
Paul begins by saying that he himself is "called as an apostle"(v.1), "set apart for the gospel of God"(v.1), and that he along with the believers has "recieved grace and apostleship"(v.5), and that those to whom he is writing are the "called of Jesus Christ"(v.6). He addresses those believers, "to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints"(v.7). God called them; God set them apart; God gave them the grace and apostleship that they recieved, God loved them, making them beloved, etc.
Paul continues that God has made what is known about God evident to ungodly and unrighteous men (v.19). They did not honor or obey God (v.21). God, in ultimate control, gave them over to impurity (v.24), to degrading passions (v.26), to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper (v.28).
In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul writes to believers, "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus," Ephesians 2:1-6
God gave some over to their evil ways and yet, as we see in Romans and Ephesians, pulled those believers out of death and the lusts of their flesh into salvation. If hating God and reveling in our own sinful lusts merited God's wrath, why did God pull some out of it, and yet turn others over into it?
[emphasis mine]
Paul begins by saying that he himself is "called as an apostle"(v.1), "set apart for the gospel of God"(v.1), and that he along with the believers has "recieved grace and apostleship"(v.5), and that those to whom he is writing are the "called of Jesus Christ"(v.6). He addresses those believers, "to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints"(v.7). God called them; God set them apart; God gave them the grace and apostleship that they recieved, God loved them, making them beloved, etc.
Paul continues that God has made what is known about God evident to ungodly and unrighteous men (v.19). They did not honor or obey God (v.21). God, in ultimate control, gave them over to impurity (v.24), to degrading passions (v.26), to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper (v.28).
In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul writes to believers, "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus," Ephesians 2:1-6
God gave some over to their evil ways and yet, as we see in Romans and Ephesians, pulled those believers out of death and the lusts of their flesh into salvation. If hating God and reveling in our own sinful lusts merited God's wrath, why did God pull some out of it, and yet turn others over into it?
[emphasis mine]
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