Dec. 17-18

Psalm 72

For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.  He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight. Long may he live!  May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long. May grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. May the crops flourish like Lebanon and thrive like the grass of the field. May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. Then all nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed. 

Isaiah 52:13-15

See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.  Just as there were many who were appalled at him— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness— so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.

 

Dec. 16

Deuteronomy 18:15-19

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. For this is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.” The LORD said to me: “What they say is good.  I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.  I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name."

wish list

Last year, my sister and mom headed to the Edinburgh Outlets (in between Indy and Louisville) for the after Christmas sales and the deals were INSANE! They were calling me all day about the deals and asking what I wanted.  Unfortunately I hadn't saved any money, but I had gotten a JCrew coat for Christmas, ended up returning it and they picked me up 2 JCrew coats that were way cuter and both of them were still cheaper than my original one! (that is when text pictures are really helpful!) 
So this year, Sadie and I asked my mom if we could just get money for Christmas to spend at the outlets during all the sales!  We are planning ahead so we will have money to spend when we get to all the sales.  And so my mom doesn't have to do as much shopping before Christmas, but we can spend a full day just us girls shopping with her! 

Dec. 14-15

Genesis 18:18

Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.  For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.

learning...

I had the opportunity to observe and learn from a great photographer (& teaching pastor at Compass) the other day.  Here are just a few pictures I snapped of these cute little boys while Trevor was photographing other members of the family! 
Check out Trevor's website-{here} he got some awesome shots that day!

on an adventure

I'm on an adventure for the week in Denver (Ft. Collins) Colorado with a dear friend.  Be back soon with some wildlife pictures :)

Dec. 12-13

Micah 5:2,4

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.  He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they will live securely, for then his greatness will reach to the ends of the earth." 

Jeremiah 31:31

"The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.  It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the LORD. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”