Pictures That Describe Me.

Last week for my photography assignment I had to take a "self portrait" of me, without taking a picture of "me" so here are the 5 images that I submitted for my class that describe me! tell me what you think!

 

actually 6 pictures! I didnt turn in the one of my boots, but I wanted to stick it on here anyway!

do you think they portray me, and who I am, and what I love?

or maybe if you dont know me, but your stopping by my blog! you know a little bit more about me now!

Have You Thanked God?

have you ever thought about the fact that we should thank God for hard things? yeiks right? that's hard to do. but seriously. are we thankful for Guilt? are we thankful for Un-answered prayers? have we ever even considered thanking God for inconveniences? or hardship and struggles? sounds tough hu? but what if we think about it this way.

without Guilt - how would we ever see ourselves as sinners in need of a savior? how would we know that we've offended a holy and righteous God? and what would prod us to do right, or to get things right with God?

have you ever thought that "Un-answered prayers" might actually have been answered? has it donned on us that God can be working behind the scenes and in front of the scenes? we just may not know it!? and Gods timing is ultimately the best.

what if inconveniences have "occurred" for our benefit, or protection? so you had to turn around and get something that you forgot, and you were already running late. Or the stupid train stopped in front of you. What if God purposefully directed those incidents to protect us from harm?

Hardship and struggles doesn't mean God is trying to beat us down. The trying of our faith is precious to the Lord!     "1Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

I guess thats just been on my mind lately. thanking God for hard things throws a different perspective where we are in life, and how much God has really blessed us!

A good perspective

I want to share with you all something that really encouraged me last week. Im still "chewing on the thought" and trying to grasp the full depth of its truth, wisdom, and meaning.


In the course of a conversation last week the Lady said these words, - I will never forget them.

"The gifts, and talents that God has given you,

is what He wants you to do"

I sat back against the couch and replayed the words in my mind. over and over and over again. Its such an elementary thought - but for some reason it really hit home.

Sometimes in life (actually quite often as of late) I keep groping around for answers. my heart crys out to the Lord. I keep asking my self - What does God want me to be doing? Where does He want me to be? Should I do this?  Should I do that?         I DONT KNOW! 

But those words stay in the forefront of my mind. The talents that God has given me - is exactly what He wants me to be doing.

My heart is

Humbled

Overwhelmed

Excited

& Filled with gratitude!

My trust is in Jesus.

God is bigger than any obstacle

He is powerful

He can overcome the "impossible"

New Horse!!!

YES! you read the title of the post correctly! There is a new horse on our farm!!! long story about his name, but right now its Noble. And no he's not mine for keeps. Im goign to be training him over the next 2 months, then he will go back to his home!

CoFfEe!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to do a fun little post on coffee ;) (imagine that! lol)

"Instant human - just add coffee"

"Sleep is a symptom of coffee deprivation

"Latte is italian for "you paid to much""

"Caffeine isnt a drug, its a vitamin!"

overwhelmed

My heart is so moved. As I set the table and finished preparing supper my brothers had an episode of Oddesey playing. While I was going in and out of the dining room, I caught a few glitches of the story. It was about Connie and Eugene going in the imagine nation station back to the story of Jesus. At the very end 2 statements were made during the story that brought tears to my eyes.

The first statement was made by one of the wise men as they seen baby Jesus he said “is this the one brings hope to the whole world” just imagine! JESUS Christ! Even as a little new born baby—brought hope to the world… He IS the hope of the world!! I am so humbled. I just can’t find words to describe how grateful I am that Jesus has given me hope. Without Him I would be nothing.

The ending statement was simply this “we have a reason to live, that’s worth dying for” wow! The end times have been on my mind often. And honestly sometimes it scares me! Will I be able to stand for Christ like the brave ones who have done so before? Even at the cost of life? But “we have a reason to live, that’s worth dying for” Jesus Christ is so fulfilling! He is everything we need! He is on the throne! Im so thankful that I can completely trust in Him! I am completly overwhelmed with how amazing God is, and how undeserving I am of the hope, love, mercy, grace, and forgiveness that is so freely given me!

Whew. Well I just had to jot that down! My heart is so full! And I have a very limited about of words to try to describe that! Thank You Jesus!

Harvest

There are so many things that come to my mind when I think of harvest. I picture eating supper on a tailgait, climbing into some good quality John Deere equpiment spending hours with my dad. collecting tickets at the grain elavator (along with hot coco, and suckers) roling the tarps on and off of the grain trucks each time we made a trip to the elavator. those are just a few of the reasons why harvest is my favorite time of year! I love every bit of it!

obviously we are smack dab in the middle of my favorite season! combines are driving back and forth across feilds all day long. trucks and semi's make trips to and from the grain bins, the grain cart keeps the combine empty, and the other trucks scootin along! I tell ya, farmers dont dink around when the crops are ready... now im confronted with the question.... why do we??? are we not called by Jesus Christ to be farmers? we are told that the fields are ready to be harvested, why is that not taken seirously? once the beans, and corn are ready; farmers dont just sit around and wait another 3 months before they finally decide to go start doing something about it! we need to be ready to gather in the crop as soon as its ready. crops dont stay ripe forever. theres a window of oppertunity that opens..... then closes.

are we taking seirously the fact that people need the Lord? the crops are ready to be brought in, but nobody wants to do the work. we need to stand up and be the labourers that God needs!

Luke 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

John 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

Revelation 14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

Psalms 126:5-6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Ga 6:7-9 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

(btw I did take the combine pictures one evening! it was a TON of fun! perfect sky, and a perfect subject!)

my ponys

theres cowgirl!!! not the best picture! but she is doing sooo much better! she's gained some weight... got her coat shined up, and shes doing really well under saddle!!! :D im so happy!

**now... just a few pictures of my baby!!**

so this is kinda where i guess it got intresting. we were working on turning tight, in prep for barrels on Sat... and sapphire turned a little TOO tight, and the dirt was a little to deep, and loose. and sapphires front end ended up going into the dirt. i couldnt believe brandon actually got this pict. her head and chest ended up in the dirt... (which you dont see here) but thankfully, and totally PRAISE THE LORD... sapphire and I are ok!!

Life

life is crazy. it blows by at 100 mph with out even signaling a warning. but between all the busyness of it all, I took a 20 minute chill pill to have fun taking a few pictures of my brother. (he's pretty awesome if i do say so myself! :D)

!Kodas life update!

Okey dokey! been a little while since iv posted, and theres a few things that i need to update yall on! so here goes! enjoy the pictures and information!

~Bunny Boo~ (aka Ranger) he died about a month ago! (yeah i know! im just getting around to posting it!) he was an awesome funny bunny :P (hey im a poet and i didnt even know it!) Ranger had such a cute personallity! :'( but he is gone, and over the Christmas Season my little cousin sent me home with a new bunny! Lafyatte is a black bunny and SOOO funny!? let me share this cute thing about him. so he lays his ears down along his back. and when you rub one side of his nose, his one ear sticks up, and when you rub the
other side, his other ear sticks up!!! its hilarious! :P so heres a picture of him!

~Friday evening~ (sharon! im posting these pictures to make you happy! lol and i love to post them to!? but i know you love them) some of you may not really care! but i enjoyed these picts! so here they are. the 8th and 9th we were going to go to an all nighter youth ralley. my parents decided that Tanner could drive Brandon and I up, and we could stay part of the time, and then come home around 1. (instead of 6 in the morning) so we make the trip up to fremont. and guess what. they cancled it! yeah nice we heard about it! >:( oh well! we still had a great time with the martins, and decided to go bowling at 8 in the evening instead of 2 in the morning! so heres a few picts from the bowling alley! we had a great time!

Rebels have Radars :)

Coolage :0


<3 Friends <3

Brothers :\ they always manage to get into the pictures :0

~Monday afternoon~ Nebraksa had a HUGE heat wave!!!! yall might not believe this, but we actually touched THIRTY DEGREES!!!!!!!!!!! our whole family was doing the boogy-woogy around the house! (well i guess that wasnt for yall to know! :) but we were SOOOO excited that it reached 30!!! considering that last Friday night it was -40 degrees here! im sure yall can see that we were excited! i was actually able to ride my sweet horsey! <3>

i also started a bright Lights group with Kelsi Martin! (if any of you have heard of it, or read any of Sarah malleys books) our first meeting was monday night, and it went supprisingly well! im praying that God will bring more girls, and that it would be a ministry that truely glorifys the Lord!
~tuesday!~ new change to me!!!! >see pict<

they do supprisingly make a huge difference! its feels really weird to take them off! although im still not sure if im really excited about wearing them all over the place (of which i will) its a pretty big change!

~quite a while ago~ these pictures were from new years day! lol (again! yeah im totally behind! ;) but i just thought id post them while i was at it! :)

Sledding off of the barn roof! =totally wicked awesome= :)

Tanner is such a great driver! when pulling the sled! he goes fast and hits ramps, and makes the sled slide around when he hits the brakes and turnes! its awesome! :)

getting pulled behind the 4-wheeler!!! that is always SOOO much fun!!

Meditating with my lil cousin! :) hehe!

Doggies! :) <3 hehe! they enjoyed going up and down the barn roof to!!!

ok! well theres a pretty decent post! and lots of picts!!!

(}-~-{) Koda (}-~-{)