Target Marriage

Well, The title says it all. { not really , right? } Let me preface this post by saying....I may have a slight obsession with Target and may be using this blog as an outlet to confess my many many thoughts of buying everything that they make. Eeeeeeeeeeeek. {especially their home decor}.  

I have spent many many hours walking the isles looking for...well..something I need. DUH. I never  buy things I don't need....I can always theorize some way to need something  in Target.  This is where Eddie comes in .....He helps me separate the needs from the wants. 

As simple { and maybe weird} as this may seem, Target has helped me realize how much Eddie balances me. His strengths = my weaknesses. I just love when he says ' do you REALLY need that?'. Well NO. I Don't. But Still. 

I'm learning to say no more...because we now share a checking account ,  which I highly recommend,  and its OUR money now . {WOO!} 

All joking aside.... {yeah, right}

 I love our Sunday afternoon grocery trips where Eddie finds the time to make stupid animal noises to embarrass me or when we stop to take selfies with random holiday garb ...

Being married has been amazing and we are 100 days in  and are still learning each other. One thing he has already learned about me is how much I LOVE coffee.   He knows better than to ask....'Lindsey, do you really need Starbucks?' { HELLO! YES I DO} But also knows how to sweetly deter me  from the 'other side' of Target where all of the real treasures  reside { stationary, dollar section, purses, makeup, clothing , shoes , O my !}

Marriage is an adventure....It makes my ordinary life , extra-ordinary.  Are there fights, yes. Are there bad days , yes. Do we sometimes speak in cat, yes . (ignore that) Do we love each other, yes. Do we like each other, yes ...right now. Marriage isn't perfect... But like my vows stated ....It is perfectly imperfect.  

 & I love it. 

{LH}

More of Him, less of ME.

A few things that God has revealed to me through this 21 days of prayer and fasting...

He is faithful

He loves me and wants me to love myself

He is my provider and blesses me with abundantly more than I could ever need or ask for 

 But...I'm not to hold on to those blessings....I'm to share them

He has given me an extra-ordinary marriage. An extra-ordinary man. An extra-ordinary ministry

Did I already say ...He is faithful. Can't say it enough

He has prepared me for good things

He wants me to love people. The way HE loves people

Be specific in my prayers to Him

Expect Him to show up ...ALWAYS

Feed my spirit, starve my soul.

{ The soul often gets so loud ( emotions, fears, anxiety) that it is difficult to hear his still quiet voice}

I am who I was always meant to be 

7 days left

{ L H } 

In the morning , when I rise

....bring me Jesus . Boom . Done . 

Look at that amazing picture below representing faithfulness , newness , and light. 

Thanking God  for new days, new starts, new life, new love, new ways to love, new inspirations and new revelations.

                            { L H }

Gifts & Talents

                                             

 

When I first saw this I thought...a m e n.

How many of us go through life ....n e v e r experiencing the gifts that God has given us?

I went 25 years of my life not even KNOWING that I had spiritual gifts at all.

Even after discovering them, I still have a difficult time utilizing them in an intentional way. I completed a spiritual gifts and personality  assessment at Church of the Highlands and found my specific G O D given talents. {recommended for all Christians!} 

Lookie here ! Spiritual Gift Assessment! 

C l i c k H e r e  

So, what to do after you find those gifts?

 You need to u s e  t h e m

so I need to follow my own advice !

 I'm going be more intentional about praying for my gifts and I'm going to ask the Lord to allow opportunities to exercises them according to h i s will! 

I want my talents & gifts to be for a higher purpose. 

{ L H }  

A Calling

This is the second day of 21 days of prayer and fasting . It's a time of reflection, faith , discipline and purpose.  I've been attending Church of the Highlands in Birmingham Alabama since 2009. However, this is only the 4th time I've participated .  I'm not quite sure what I was afraid of...maybe it was loss of sleep?  Prayer starts at 6:00 am in the morning and I typically don't truly wake-up until I'm 4 hours into my workday...{ i wish that was a joke}

maybe, just maybe, I was afraid to pray. It can be  intimidating ... { especially when you grow up in a church and all you hear about  Is the wrathful , angry side of God}. 

 what if I say the wrong thing ? {you won't}

  what if He isn't listening ?  { He is} 

what I pray about isn't important ... Especially with all that is going on in the world { It is }

G O D is L O V E.  I've learned that hardcore over the last few years . He wants us to follow him and be obedient to him {out of love , not F E A R} After learning this ....my relationship with Him turned from have to {to avoid Hell fire and brimstone} to GET TO.  

God , above all, is such a faithful God . He honors what we put first . This year will not be the last that i endeavor to put Him above all ...

{21 days of prayer and fasting }

 January 2015 

 believing in a powerful ministry ,a powerful marriage , and powerful relationships with friends and family . 

{ L H }

Welcome Back

Well, It has been quite some time. I've really missed this blog but life has been so so crazy and busy.
So much has happened since I've last posted....

I started this blog at a time in my life when i was feeling VERY uninspired. Posting about decorating was just a venue to express my creativity {without spending money } and give me a way to pass the time when I was bored or alone at home. Don't get me wrong, decorating is a huge interest and passion of mine but blogging and brainstorming about my next home project was just a way to
 distract me from boredom and unhappiness. {Whoa . things are starting to get heavy } . No worries...Don't grab your Kleenex just yet.

 Soon after my last post at Easter....The Lord really started working in my life. I became more and more involved in a  church I absolutely adore and  {more importantly} fell in love  with the God I serve. I  had just left a relationship that was very unfruitful and began to make amazing friends and form bonds that eventually led me to an amazing  best friend and {little did i know} future husband.
Well, needless to say...some of that {craziness & business} over the past year in a half has come from falling in love with an amazing man + getting engaged  + planning a wedding + enjoying life as a newlywed.



 I've decided that I will re vamp this blog a little bit. I want it to be an avenue where I discuss
what inspires me, whats going on in life & I hope to take everyone along on  our journey in decorating OUR house together { although , if you ask Eddie he says he makes NO decisions what-so-ever about how OUR house is decorated}.

 He is right. For now. { lol} But i'm working on it . Trust.

   {L H}

Isaiah 53:2-5

Happy Easter

{LC}