In light of the new year . . .
January 1, 2009
Daddy read this quote aloud to us this morning, and I found it very inspirational.
“People do not drift towards holiness.
Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate towards godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, or delight in the Lord.
We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance;
Toward disobedience and we call it freedom;
Toward superstition and call it faith.
We cherish the non-discipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation;
We slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism;
We slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.”
- D. A. Carson
May the Lord give me a heart that desires to be holy, godly, prayerful, obedient, faithful, and a heart that delights in the Him! In Him alone is my strength, how weak I am apart from Him! Glory be to God, our sovereign Lord!
While living the life my Lord has blessed me with, I am at home with my family enjoying being a daughter, homemaker and artist. My highest goal is to give glory to God and enjoy Him forever. It is He that has saved me with His amazing grace and is continually molding me; to Him I owe everything. Read more . . .
You are so wise at such a young age! You continue on your path of righteousness and The Lord will give you the desires of your heart. It may not be easy, but with a heart like yours and knowing that God is in control of your life, will make it all worth the while. HAPPY NEW YEAR and GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
That is such a inspiring quote to always look towards God…especially in the new year!
Have a Great New Year!
Love
Your Cousin
Hello Emily Rose! Thank you so much for your sweet comment.:) My mama snd I love your blog. She really likes all the vintage stuff, we really liked the vintage calender you made. Soon we are going to try it.:)
Blessings,
Hannah
Love that!
Happy New Year!
What a rich insightful quote!! ;)
Miss Emily Rose,
I’ve so enjoyed your blog and have awarded you with the “Uber Amazing Blog Award” for your beautiful efforts…
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http://blessedfemina.blogspot.com/2009/01/thoroughly-touched.html
Love in Christ,
Jen
That was very inspirational and so very true. Happy New Year, Emmy. :)
HUGS
That was very good. Thanks for sharing. My dad has encouraged all of us to come up with things that we want to accomplish, improve on etc in the New Year. I will write more about in on my blog in the coming days.
I enjoy reading your blog.
Happy New Year!
McKenzie