Another Way God Has Made My Life Beautiful...

Aren't they just gorgeous????

Gotta love these hams!!

...is an amazing Family that we get to go see this weekend!!!! The Cousins!!! Love you guys and can't wait to see y'all!

Jesus has Made my Life Beautiful!

As I am sitting here thinking about the name of my blog, yes, life IS beautiful but I am not the one who has made my life beautiful or anyone else on this earth. GOD and only GOD is the one who has made my life beautiful! He has blessed me with Family from all over the world (literaly!). He has given me opportunities to spread His promise, to help others, to love others, He has sent others to encourage me and get me out of my comfort zone. HE gave me two of the most amazing siblings that I thought were never going to get home and PRAISE THE LORD THEY ARE!!!!! He has given me new friends and friends that I already have to become closer. There has been heart break and hard times but those have taught me forgiveness, they have taught me to move on, to keep praying even when it seems like nothing is changing. Not everything has turned out like I thought or wanted it to, but, like everyone else, I had to learn to let God take care of it! And guess what? HE DID! You woud think that I would remember all the times He has taken care of me and I would let HIM DO IT! But no, I AM IN CONTROL (so I think)! And just like every other time, he just gently nudges me and gives me a little reminder and eventually I give to it Him and everytime I wish I had done it sooner (you would think I would remember!). Wow, I could go on and on about the ways He has made my life beautiful but I will stop here. I think I will do a series of posts with a few words and a picture of a way HE has made my life beautiful!

I hope you all have a beautiful and blessed week from Our Lord!!
Leah-Joy.

God Is Awesome

To us, this was a great picture of Tiny Girl, and at the time, it was...

...but God has changed this little beauty so much in 9 months.

But even more so, she has changed us!

Bob

Sometimes I call J Man Bob, so that is what I have decided to call him in my little blogger world. He is so smart! This picture just goes to show what I am talking about!
What do you think?

Hope that you all have a very blessed week!
Leah-Joy.

Easter Way Out Here...

Easter was amazing! In the morning at our wonderful country church me and my sisters sang, two baptized, there was an aming skit and one was saved! Can't get much better then that! Then we went home and Mama had fixed the most amazing lunch ever! We rested and then headed out for Grandmother's ( daddy's mother). There with all the cousin and aunts and Unlce we had an egg hunt for the little ones and a lot oflaughs as our sweet and precious 89 yearold Grandmother walked around the yard witha grin on her face witha switch pretending switch the rude ones! It was hilarious! Then we went inside and had the most amazing meal! Everybdy just brings what they want andit is always fantastic! Man, can my family cook! I am so blessed to have them as my family and supporters!

I hope that you all had an amazingly blessed Easter! Please leave a comment and tell me what you did or tell about a family Easter tradition! I would love to hear!

Just today I read this quote and it pretty much sums up my family,
"Familys are like fudge...mostly sweet witha few nuts."
Well, let me just say this, my family is a very crunchy fudge and I love them for that!

God bless,
Leah-Joy.

I Don't Know What to Say...

This past week we went to Louisiana on a mission trip, you talk about a blessing. God has given me the most amazing joy I can' describe it. You know how the Bible tells us that He will give us a peace that surpasses all understanding, God has given me a joy that surpasses all understanding, or, at least mine and that is fine with me because He has changed my heart and I hope and pray that I never change. As we sang "Victory in Jesus" this morning in church I LITERALLY COULD NOT STAND STILL!!! I just kept moving vack and forth and tapping my feet. It was awesome!!!! I felt so victorious!!!! The Holy Spirit really spoke to me in the second verse.

I heard about His healing,
Of His cleansing pow'r revealing.
How He made the lame to walk again
And caused the blind to see;
And then I cried, "Dear Jesus,
Come and heal my broken spirit,"
And somehow Jesus came and bro't
To me the victory.

Chorus
O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.

After I sang it, I realized that the week before last, I was broken, I had broken myself away from God. So, He took me 500 miles away from home to bring me back to Him and jimany cricket, I don't ever want to leave Him again!!!!!

I hope that this has been encouraging and that it has helped you in some way!
May God make you joyful,
Leah-Joy.

PS. coming soon: a post of our trip to Louisiana!

I Need to Remember...

To be crazy with my sisters...


To love my family and be thankful for my friends...


To do things that I love...

To capture special moments...

And Love Like Crazy

they called them crazy when they started out

said 17 to young to know what loves about

they've been together 58 years now

thats crazy

he brought home 67 bucks a week

bought a little two bedroom house on maple street

where she blessed him with 6 more mouths to feed

thats crazyjust ask him how he did it

he'll say pull up a seat it'll only take a minute to tell you everything

(chorus)

be a best friend

tell the truth

over use i love you

go to work do yourbest

don't out smart your common sense

never let your prayin knees get lazy

and love like crazy

they called him crazy when he quit his job

sellin home computers boy they'll never take off

well he sold his one man shop to microsoft

and they paid like crazy

just ask him how he made it

he'll tell you faith and sweat

and the heart of a faithful woman who never let him forget

(chorus)

be a best friend

tell the truth

over use i love you

go to workdo your best

dont out smart your common sense

never let your prayin knees get lazy

and love like crazy

always treat your woman like a lady

never get to old to call her baby

never let your prayin knees get lazy

and love like crazy

they called him crazy when they started out

they've been together 58 years now

ain't that crazy

Lee Brice

LOVE Y'ALL!!!!

Thursday...

Thursday I was feeling so very defeated. I felt as thought God had told me what to do slong ago, I was passionate then it got and I quit. I was feeling as though there is nothing a sixteen yearold from a little town in the South could do about abortion. Hope, as always could tell I was not myself. I didn't want to tell what was botherng me but because I was honest with her she helped me so much! She told me how Sonny Perdue can' do anything about abortion in our state because it is a federal issue; that things like this take time, perserverance and patients. While she was telling me elderly friend of ours was over helping us learn "The Star Spangled Banner" (we have been to sing at a Thrasher's game). As I was listening to the words I began to wonder what Francise Scott would think of our country now? And that just me feel een worse. But then, something awesome happened! God is so amazing!! It was late in the evening and I hadn't practiced piano yet. I really didn't want to but I knew I needed to. I was ending my practice with the hymn that I am learning and something told me to play all the ones that I knew in the book. As I was playing I began to sing and it was the most amazing feeling! It felt like the Holy Spirit was filling and lifting me up! The last song I sang was "It is Well With My Soul."

And I pray and hope that everything today is well with your soul!
God Bless and continue to pray for Haiti!
Leah-Joy.