Lately....

 

 

~Reading~

 Psalm 33 Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!

Praise befits the upright.

2 Give thanks to the Lord with the jlyre;

make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!

3 Sing to him a new song;

play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

4 For the word of the Lord is upright,

and all his work is done in faithfulness.

5 He loves righteousness and justice;

the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,

and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

7 He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap;

he puts the deeps in storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

9 For he spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;

he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,

the plans of his heart to all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,

the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!

13 The Lord looks down from heaven;

he sees all the children of man;

14 from where he sits enthroned he looks out

on all the inhabitants of the earth,

15 he who fashions the hearts of them all

and observes all their deeds.

16 The king is not saved by his great army;

a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

17 The war horse is a false hope for salvation,

and by its great might it cannot rescue.

18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,

on those who hope in his steadfast love,

19 that he may deliver their soul from death

and keep them alive in famine.

20 Our soul waits for the Lord;

he is our help and our shield.

21 For our heart is glad in him,

because we trust in his holy name.

22 Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,

even as we hope in you.

 

~Drinking~

Iced tea with lemon

 

~Thinking~

About how big God is and how small I am. I watched this and my mind is officially blown.

 

~Listening to~

"Give Me Jesus" A beautiful prayer.

 

~Looking Forward To~

The Set Apart Conference this year!!

 



 

May you each find joy in His presence today!

 

Love,

Kelsey

 

 

 

 

PS:

Lately, I have been at a loss in my blogging creativity. So, I would love your advice. What is your favorite thing to read on my blog? Anything you would change? Any blog post ideas??? Thank you so much in advance.:)

 

 

Spending Time With Our King Psalms 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

 

James 4:8

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.

So, I thought I would give you an example of what I do for my Bible times/Quiet Times with God. I hope that by me posting this God would get glory and you would draw ever more nearer to Him. Having Bible times daily has greatly impacted my walk with God and I highly recommend that if you don't already have a Bible time daily, then you start. These are just a few ideas, you do not have to do it like me of course :) I have found when you create an atmosphere  for Bible time where you want to be, then you will want to come back. So, that is what I do. I turn on soft worship music, light a few candles, get a snack or a hot drink and just start reading a passage, and then I journal what I got out of the passage.  Your time will be so much more productive if you put some thought into your Bible times, than if you just  go to the middle of the house where every one is chatting and or raising there voice(anyone have 5 brothers:-) and it is messy I personally think that it is harder to concentrate on the Bible if you do not make it a point to put a little time and effort in to it. Although, I said all of that I know that there are busy Mommy's of young kiddos and such who do not have time for a long drawn out Bible time and there is no where in the house that is quiet so dont feel bad:) God knows where you are at! I would love to hear about how you all have your quiet times...What do you do?

Here are some scriptures about having Bible time.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

1 Peter 2:2-3 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Psalms 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

 

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

 

Ephesians 5:16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

 

Psalms 5:3In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;

in the morning I lay my requests before you

and wait in expectation.

 

Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

 

John 4:23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks

 

Psalms 119:164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws

 

Psalm 119:11     

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you

Psalm 1:2         
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

I did a post about this Bible Study I am doing here:http://lovinhuggin.blogspot.com/2012/09/please-join-us-for-study-in-colossians.html

Chai tea and worship music:-) Great combo!*smiles*

My favorite book in the whole world!

Some of  my favorite Worship songs are:

 

 

 

 

 

 I hope that this little post inspired you in some small way! May you draw ever nearer to our King as He draws near to you.

 

Walk with Him, and abide in His presence Ladies!

Kelsey

 

Yesterday, I was listening to a message online about having personal prayer and quiet times with God,which was really encouraging .
This is the scripture I have been meditating on about it.
Matthew 6:6
6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

I have been learning that quiet times with Him are so important , I heard someone say it like this once. If you were engaged to wonderful man who you loved, you would always be talking about Him and all of His great qualities, you would spend time with him you would just like being in his presence and if He were to send you a love letter you would read it over and over again with joyfulness and take in every word, well it is the same thing with God,but so much better! What if we would read His word like a love letter and talk with Him like He is our everything...Just what would happen if He were our everything? He deserves it Ladies. His word is so precious. Rejoice In Him!!!

I would love to hear what the Lord has been teaching you in your walks with the Him!?!?

Rest In Him,
Kelsey

 

My Week At Ellerslie

 Hello Dear Lovely Friends :-)

 I hope you are enjoying the start of your week. I know I am! So, last Monday I went to Ellerslie and returned home on Sunday). I had such a lovely time meditating on Jesus, from the time I woke up to the time going to bed, it is a very beautiful place, every thing is centered around our King there. Such a beautiful thing.

It was so encouraging to be in the presence of the Lord, and to have so many other people that are so passionate about Jesus around you. I so enjoyed Ellerslie in so many ways, the sweet fellowship with other devoted Christians, seeing the men open the doors for all of us girls and take our plates for us after dinner and doing it in such a pure and God centered way. Spending time with Jesus, learning more about Him, spending time worshiping Him. Talking about and hearing about God every where I turn, sweet times of talking with other ladies over tea, hearing such good preaching, and so many other things that went on were so awesome:-) I learned so much in just the short time I was there.http://www.ellerslie.com/Home.html

Me and Melanie, who I met through her blog...:)She is sooooooooooooooooooooo sweet!!!!!!!

Watching someone be baptized, so beautiful!

Sweet Tasha, who did my hair a few times.

The wonderful views from the campus. You can so see Gods glory and majesty through the Sunset....

Me and Keaghlan...

So pretty:)

Looking at the beautiful sunset...and taking in the beauty of of Gods creation.

Melanie taking pictures

The campus

I had such a wonderful time going on a walk with you Melanie !

Sweet Jessica, who I mentioned to that I liked Thai tea and she made me some....YUMMY!

We went on a walk where they asked us not to talk with one another so we could put our focus on Jesus and meditate on Him. After the walk we had a picnic and some wonderful fellowship! 

                                                                   Sweet McKenna

Me and sweet Natalee from California:-) See the sunburn? I forgot to put on sunscreen for the long walk:( Ouch!!!

We went to eat at    Cracker Barrelwhich was so much fun!!Natalee's first time:)

Love this girl!

The Thai Tea that Jessica made for me*smiles*

Me and Morgan, who was there if I needed anything while I was there:) She was so very sweet and helpful!

Going All Out For Jesus

Such a great video about Jesus being your all consuming passion, your everything!!! Highly recommend watching It!

Love In Him,
Kelsey