Apart from salvation and my relationship with Christ, my family is the greatest blessing in my life!
For this layout, I wanted to include a picture of every member of my family. Most of these pictures are from last fall. I wanted them all to be around the same time frame.
I used a 4×6 photo collage template from the Memory Pockets Monthly Subscription at The Lilypad. The journaling cards and elements came from that collection as well. The kraft background paper came from Just Jaimee’s November Storyteller Collection. The one thing that I would add to the Memory Pockets Monthly Subscription collections are some neutral solid colored background papers. Other than that, I’m really excited about this new subscription!!
This morning I began a Thanksgiving Bible study through She Reads Truth.
The verse that really spoke to my heart from my reading this morning was:
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
~1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
We all spend to much time and energy trying to know God’s will for our lives.
Lately, I’ve been praying about and considering God’s will for me in this blog and my online ministry. I want my words to have an impact and I want this place to have meaning.
The thing is, though, His will is not a big mysterious hidden secret. His will is spelled out for us right here in this verse.
Rejoice…always!
Pray…without ceasing!
Give thanks…in all circumstances!
I loved what was written in today’s devotional reading at She Reads Truth, “As we learn to trust the bigness of our God and the sureness of His sovereignty, we find His will is not as much a path as it is a way of walking.”
As much as it is a way of walking…wow!
Now, that’s something to dwell on for the day.
I want to walk in Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is not just an emotion. Giving thanks in all circumstances is an active pursuit.
I am to declare God’s goodness in every circumstance!
I am to declare God’s goodness to you with every word that I write and every scrapbook layout that I share on here.
I want to let the world know that God has done and what He is done right now in my life.
Thank you for joining me as I seek to do just that!