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"Your grace will never be forgot Your mercy all my life Will be my source forever song My story and my light From mountain top to valley low Through laughter and through tears Surely the goodness of my God Will follow all the years For all that You have done for us For every battle won We'll raise a song to bless Your heart For all that you have done You know our failures and regrets You always led us home Redemption's arm has raised us up Our triumph in the storm For all that You have done for us For every battle won We'll raise a song to bless Your heart For all that you have done (You're faithful through the ages) In unity we'll stand as one As family we'll go Shoulder to shoulder Hand in hand Into the great unknown For all that You have done for us For every battle won We'll raise a song to bless Your heart For all that you have done" - Rend Collective . . Happy New Years Friends! 🎉🎉🎉

My favorite photo from this Christmas because Christmas isn't complete without these blonde curls. Happy Christmas friends!

Immanuel. . Last week as I was drawing a diagram of Herod's temple for a new project I am working on I noticed the court outside the temple called "The Court of Women." To be clear there were several different courts outside of the temple and even though this was called "The Court of Women" men were allowed in as well. However, men were also allowed in courts nearer the temple but this was as close as Jewish women could hope to get. . >>>Sisters, Jesus broke down so many barriers for us.<<< . It was here in this court that Jesus pointed out the Widow putting the last of all she had into one of the trumpets for offering. He walked among the women in this court. They were all gathered to be as near to God as they were allowed by the law and there among them walked Jesus. Immanuel. . Today, if you're striving to be good, to be near God, remember He is already with you. He fulfilled the law because of His great love for you. There's nothing we can do to earn His favor. He came down to break those barriers so that we would have no more walls in between God and us. . Take courage friends Immanuel has come. . #immanuel #stillwatersstudy #illustration #sketch #wip #risingtidesociety #pursuewhatislovely

This unfinished project feels a lot like my life right now. I'm in progress. So much of me is fighting against where God has placed me in life and I find myself searching. Wrestling with whether what I've been entrusted with is enough or if it's good. . This morning the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart. I wrote a blog post about what I've been thinking this past few months and some of the hardness that's been growing in my heart. I know it's been pretty quiet here with sporadic posts but I just wanted to tell you all how much I appreciate you sticking with me as they reevaluate my business and ministry.💛 . . More info on what this guy has to do with where I'm headed should be coming soon. Hope you all are having a sweet holiday season! . . #illustration #childrensillustration #handdrawn #sketch #wip #disciple #john #stillwatersstudy

December 1st. . How is it December already? To be honest I needed this extra week between thanksgiving and the beginning of advent. I needed a few breaths between these two glorious seasons to prepare my heart for what's coming. . I've been anxiety ridden lately and this week hasn't been the peaceful breather I originally intended. The crazy just doesn't always stop like I wish it would but I'm finding that my peace doesn't come from a picture perfect restful holiday season but a holy God. One who takes the crazy and somehow miraculously in the midst of it gives peace. . "What gives moments meaning is not the moments themselves but the presence of Christ with us in the midsts of them." -Emily P. Freeman . 📸:my awesome husband @the_timzook

"Let's release our obsession with a building a life and trust in the life that Christ is building within us one small moment at a time. Help us to accept the beauty of smallness, hiddenness, and the secret work of Christ in the deepest part of who we are. Be gracious to remind us Lord that our souls aren't made for fame" -Emily P Freeman • Corrie Ten Boom lived in relative obscurity until her 50's. She was content to be a single woman making watches while living with her parents and sister in Denmark. When I think of someone who just did the next right thing in front of her I think of Corrie Ten Boom. She followed wherever the Lord led whether that be singleness, caring for aging parents, preparing a place for those who had been cast out, or into a German concentration camp. • She never sought out her own fame but sought to bring people the good news of the Famous One, the One who led her through the fire so that she might be a light to those left in darkness. It was never a question of what God wanted to do with her life but instead what she could do with her life so that men and women would see God. • Today I want to be a Corrie just stepping out in faith doing the next right thing, entrusting my tomorrow to Him who holds my future, and resting in the truth that my success isn't measured by how much I accomplish but instead who I can love best and how I can show them Jesus. • [quote from @emilypfreeman "The Next Right Thing" Podcast. It's a new favorite of mine. Go listen now.😘]

"For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly." 1 Peter 2:21-23 . . Are you hurting today friend? Is there some suffering you are walking through and that you feel is undeserved. I don't know about you but there are days I feel worn out and beat down, days I find it easier to revile than rejoice. • While the hurt compels me to seek justice rather than mercy and personal satisfaction instead of peacemaking the cross beckons me to lay that burden down. Jesus led the way a perfect example of grace under pressure. The suffering servant showed us what it means to be empty so that we can be filled by the living God. • How can I pray for you today friend? Do you feel empty? There is a grace giver, one who fills our cup to overflowing, and He will meet you wherever you are if you only ask. • • #pursuewhatislovley #rejoicing #puremichigan #painttheclouds #thegospelchanges #thewordisalive #mom #momartist #aviewfrommybackyard

Being a mom & a wife is the hardest, richest, most messy, beautiful, exhausting thing I've ever done. I get to learn each day from my kids that less of me and more of Jesus means letting go of perfect and living for the joy set before us. Because even in this crazy broken world God has given us so much to rejoice in💙 . . #motherhoodissanctifying #rejoice #pursuewhatislovley #momartist #joy

I love to be alone in the quiet. It's how I recharge. I never thought I'd be a homebody but home is where I feel like God breathes life into my soul. It's easy for me to want to just stay here and isolate myself from the rest of the world because even though I love people I love the comfort of not having to be anything for anyone. • Home is safe and comfortable but God doesn't call us to safe and comfortable. • Because of all this I was totally convicted last week as I listened to a podcast on my phone with Bethany Barnard (formerly Bethany Dillon) and she mentioned Proverbs 18:1. -------------------- "Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment." -------------------- I cringed when I heard it because even though I know God loves for us to seek him in the still quiet places that's not where most of us live. I want to stay in that quiet comfortable calmness and just linger there but most of my life is noise and sometimes I wonder if maybe just maybe God has designed it that way. Maybe he has made it near impossible for me to find the still and quiet so that I might understand that most of the Christian life is lived in the messy noise. That dying to my desire for isolation means I get to live for another human being. • But isn't that what it's all about? Isn't that what Christ modeled for us? • So now while part of me longs to be left alone there's a deep realization that what God is calling me to is different. Stepping out of what's comfortable so that I might live His love for someone else. Because He did it first💛 • • [P.S. I'm Super addicted to a bunch of podcasts- ->check out my story for some suggestions<--but the one mentioned in this post was @sameherepodcast. Check out Rachel she's so sweet & a joy to listen to!]

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. -Augustine • Thinking and praying for the people of Florida today. Hoping against hope that those we love are kept safe. • • #prayforflorida #hopeendures #watercolor #pursuewhatislovley #landscape #painttheclouds #wip #goauche

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