I Shall Be Satisfied

Last year the Lord gave me a Rhema verse while I was going through a difficult season of pain and confusion. It was a scripture from Jeremiah. 

"And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord." 

Jeremiah 31:14

The day before, the Lord had convicted me to commit to Him that, by His grace, I would only look to Jesus to be satisfied, even if He took all other earthly friends. It is when I take my eyes off Jesus that the world has an opportunity to creep in, I become distracted with temporal pleasures, or I allow stress to overtake the offer of God's grace. This morning, one of my scriptures was: 

"As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness."

Psalm 17:15

Recently, I was starting a new (for me) historical BBC TV series I had checked out from the library. I had researched the show beforehand to make sure that there were not any inappropriate scenes or language and finding none, I was excited to discover a new, clean show. To my disappointment, I wasn't through the first few episodes when some language came up. I tried to rationalize with myself that if it happened again, I would turn it off, but the language continued and my conscience continued bothering me. At last, I realized that, by persisting to justify my show, I was exchanging intimate fellowship with Jesus for the temporal satisfaction I was receiving. I "canceled" the show and really, I haven't missed it. Jesus promises to satisfy us if our hearts are toward Him. I often act, although subconsciously, that I would be more satisfied with _________. Isn't the grace God has given to each of us enough? The intimate fellowship promised with the Holy Spirit? What about peace? We have already been given the only Source of true satisfaction. Jesus Christ. 

So today, deep down, I encourage you to search out and destroy the things that you think will satisfy you more than Jesus.

"Alone, O Gracious Love, but for Thee; I shall be satisfied if I can see

Jesus only.

        ~ E. Elliot

Family Life Update - September and October

 Hello, dear blog readers! 

There may be some of you who have been wondering if I have dropped off the earth based on the lack of my attention to this piece of my world. I assure you I have not fallen off a cliff and I have not forgotten that I have a blog. My world, in the last few months, has been a haze that has kept me very busy and quite frequently on my knees (either figuratively or literally). God is good...all the time and He continues proving His faithfulness in my life, even in the midst of this crazy, often stressful, and busy season. There have been several times when I have wanted to post here and even have sat down to do it on occasion, but my mental strength has been limited and although my heart is willing, my mind is often weak. My hope is to be here more frequently than I have been. =) 

Considering a picture is worth a thousand words, I will allow them to give a glimpse of my life over the last two months. 

Ella, Joel, and I out doing the weekly grocery shopping.

Hope and I heading to work cattle.

I made a second house apron for myself.

While out running some errands, I took some time to browse a local antique mall. A favorite pastime for me. 

We tiled our laundry room and so with our washer being out of commission, 
I hauled many loads of laundry to our Mission House next door.

Hope to work on designing our heifer sale pamphlet and I was being moral support.  

After videoing our sale heifers, we asked the videographer to take a family picture.
So, that is everyone, minus Emma who is currently living in Louisville with my grandmother.

Working on paperwork on a recent trip to my grandmother's.